@WSJ 2 years ago From @WSJopinion: Twenty-one states have legalized recreational marijuana use since 2012, and teen mental-health problems have been on the rise in the same period. The connection between the two doesn’t get enough attention, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago From @WSJopinion: For mental illness, make medication a last resort, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. Psychiatrists and even internists are often far too eager to prescribe pills. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago From @WSJopinion: Many young athletes are standing up, saying no to the pressure, and exposing the ugly truth behind the obsession with winning and fame, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. If your teen is struggling, Simone Biles may be a good role model. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago From @WSJopinion: Everyone wins in the shift to more remote work—maternity-leave advocates, employers, mothers and children most of all, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago From @WSJopinion: Only 33% of U.S. liberals “agree that marriage is needed to create strong families.” It’s a shame that political correctness inhibits discussions of what’s best for children, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 6 years ago Opinion: The American Psychological Association’s new report denies biology. Masculinity isn’t a sickness, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago From @WSJopinion: Twenty-one states have legalized recreational marijuana use since 2012, and teen mental-health problems have been on the rise in the same period. The connection between the two doesn’t get enough attention, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago From @WSJopinion: Vicious cancel culture has swept across our educational system and the country. Children can’t thrive in environments like this, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago From @WSJopinion: The devaluing of parental care leaves society—and its children—unprepared to deal with stressful events, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago From @WSJopinion: There is no panacea for the anxiety and depression that the pandemic has wrought, but alcohol and marijuana tend to make them worse rather than better, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 6 years ago From @WSJopinion: Kirsten Gillibrand’s attack on Joe Biden was a cheap shot. He was right about child-rearing and the "cancer of materialism" eating away at the family, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 6 years ago Opinion: The American Psychological Association’s new report denies biology. Masculinity isn’t a sickness, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago From @WSJopinion: It’s a moral victory that women now have the opportunity to be breadwinners, but this cultural progress comes with psychological distress that is worth understanding for the benefit of men, women and children, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago From @WSJopinion: Vicious cancel culture has swept across our educational system and the country. Children can’t thrive in environments like this, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago From @WSJopinion: The guilt that mothers feel over leaving their children to return to work is a “signal feeling” that shouldn’t be suppressed, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago From @WSJopinion: The stress and adversity of the pandemic and isolation is an emotional magnifier—it reveals and intensifies the reality of every relationship, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 6 years ago Opinion: Parents who game the system are telling their children that they can’t achieve something on their own, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 7 years ago A group of women berated my friend in a public park because her 2-year-old son wasn’t in day care, writes @EricaKomisarCSW for @WSJOpinion on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago From @WSJopinion: It’s a moral victory that women now have the opportunity to be breadwinners, but this cultural progress comes with psychological distress that is worth understanding for the benefit of men, women and children, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago From @WSJopinion: A four-day workweek is no holiday, argues @EricaKomisarCSW. Companies should consider the hidden costs on families. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago From @WSJopinion: What’s behind the drop in teen depression during the pandemic? Talking more to parents and getting more sleep, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago From @WSJopinion: Only 33% of U.S. liberals “agree that marriage is needed to create strong families.” It’s a shame that political correctness inhibits discussions of what’s best for children, writes @EricaKomisarCSW. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 6 years ago Opinion: Parents who game the system are telling their children that they can’t achieve something on their own, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com
@WSJ 7 years ago Opinion: Sweden’s maternity policies may be good for economic growth and egalitarian ideals, but not for the social or emotional health of young children, writes @EricaKomisarCSW on.wsj.com