Kelly

I love that.

Hi.

Yes.

So I have an 18 year old son who's a freshman in college.

And, you know, like you've already mentioned how it's a tougher age to manage this stuff.

When he was home, he was busy with school and busy with sports and really didn't have much time.

And he has so much more time on his hands, too, with college only being, you know, an hour or two of class a day.

He's not playing sports in college.

Um, so he came home from break and I was pretty shocked at how much technology he was using.

Like it was, he's having a hard time pulling himself away from it at all.

And I know he uses it, he has anxiety and has been struggling with depression.

And so he uses it as a bit of a coping mechanism as well.

And so I'm just trying to figure out like, how am I supposed to help him with him not being in the house?

Like, how do I guide him to stop using technology so much?

Because you said it was a five-and-dime store, and I don't think anyone has used that term in probably 50 years.

Any minute now, after he goes to the five-and-dime store, he's going to go to the soda counter, and then he's going to go a-calling, or a-courting.

To the green grocers and pick up his food.

Yeah, I feel like we need some uplifting news on this one.

So this is from Sarah in Brooklyn, New York, and she writes, I am a first year social work student.

I'm not doing clinical work yet, but I'm in a weekly group supervision with other interns at the clinic where I work.