Generation Z, born between 1996 and 2010, faces mental health challenges like anxiety and depression due to their upbringing with technology and social media.
Gen Z is socially conscious, digitally proficient, has short attention spans, and values individuality and diversity.
Tips for parents with Gen Z children include understanding the digital world, promoting open communication, focusing on mental health, encouraging critical thinking, respecting individuality, and teaching financial literacy.
Residential therapy for teens can be necessary for addressing escalating dangerous behaviors, ineffectiveness of outpatient therapy, severe school or social problems, family stress, mental health combined with other issues, and inability to maintain daily functioning.