IS
IS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A LOT FOR
ALL OF US TO HANDLE.
INSTEAD OF IGNORING IT, LET'S
HAVE A CONVERSATION..
.LET'S TRY TO HEAL.
IN PART ONE, KVUE'S MOLLY OAK
LOOKS AT HOW FAMILIES
HAVE DEALT WITH THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH THROUGHOUT
THE PAST YEAR.. AS SCHOOLS WENT
VIRTUAL AND KITCHEN
TABLES TURNED INTO CLASSROOMS.
JUMPING
JUMPING
JUMPING OFTEN TIMES IN LIFE...
JUMPING
JUMPING WE'RE EXPECTED TO BOUNCE BACK.. "FRONT FLIP TIME!"
EXPECTED TO JUST BE OK..
JUMPING
JUMPING
BUT
BUT AFTER
BUT AFTER A YEAR THAT WAS FILLED WITH THE UNEXPECTED. DEALING WITH LIFE HAS HAD ITS
UPS AND DOWNS.
"I THINK IT'S BEEN A-- AN
EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER FOR
SURE."
ANY
SURE." ANY CANIZALES WORKS TWO JOBS.. ONE
AT A REHABILITATION
CENTER.. THE OTHER AS AN ER
NURSE.
"IT HAS BEEN THE MOST
INTERESTING FIRST YEAR OF
NURSING, I THINK, THAT I COULD
HAVE IMAGINED. I
ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON MY
UNIT TWO
WEEKS BEFORE COVID WAS A THING
AND SHUT US COMPLETELY
DOWN."
VIDEO FROM ANY'S SOCIAL MEDIA
DISCUSSING THE
STRESS OF PARENTING IN A
PANDEMIC
WITH THREE KIDS.. YOU CAN ADD
MOM AND TEACHER TO
HER RESUME..
TEACHING KIDS
"I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'VE
STRUGGLED THE MOST THIS YEAR
BECAUSE I'VE QUESTIONED A LOT ON
HOW I'M PARENTING AND
WHETHER I'M MEETING MY
EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM AND
THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND ARE
THEY GETTING
THEIR HOMEWORK DONE, AND IT'S
JUST BEEN A LOT
WITH COMING HOME AFTER 12 HOUR
SHIFTS IN A WORLD THAT
WAS COMPLETELY NEW TO ME. AND
THEN NOW ALL
OF A SUDDEN, BEING A TEACHER,
WHICH I'VE
KNOWN ALL MY LIFE, I'M NOT MEANT
TO BE A TEACHER."
LAUGHS
"HELLO, I'M RORI, AND I HAVE ONE
SISTER, ONE BROTHER."
IT'S A FULL HOUSE.
"YEAH, FULL HOUSE OF VERY BUSY
KIDS, VERY OPINIONATED
KIDS, VERY HAPPY KIDS AND KIDS
THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY,
AS YOU CAN TELL, SLOW DOWN, TELL
THEM TO SLOW
DOWN OR KEEP QUIET OR THINGS
LIKE THAT."
0:20: "AHH!" "I KEEP FILMING
HER" "NOW I'M A HORSE
NEIGHHHH!"
BUT THIS PAST YEAR FORCED THINGS
TO SLOW DOWN..
SCHOOLS MOVED VIRTUAL.. AND
ANY'S OLDEST.. A
FOURTH GRADER WITH ADHD.. SAW
HIS GRADES DROP
AT SCHOOL.
"AND WHILE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
DISTRACTED, IT'S
NEVER BEEN AS BAD AS THIS YEAR
WAS."
PSYCHIATRIST, BAYLOR SCOTT AND
WHITE
"IT'S BEEN A NATIONAL PROBLEM
THAT KIDS ARE NOT
DOING WELL, LIKE THE GRADES ARE
GOING DOWN
AND SCHOOLS HAVE HAD TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS IN
TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH
IS REALLY SAD."
DR. JOANNE SOTELO --
"WE'VE HAD MORE REFERRALS
OVERALL THAN
EVER."
IS A PSYCHIATRIST WITH BAYLOR
SCOTT AND
WHITE.
"IT'S VERY DIFFERENT, LIKE IT'S
NOT YOUR TYPICAL
REFERRAL FOR ATTENTION PROBLEMS
OR LITTLE
OR LITTLE
MISBEHAVIOR HERE AND THERE." THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
FOUND THAT BETWEEN APRIL AND
OCTOBER.. CHILDREN'S
MENTAL HEALTH RELATED EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT
VISITS IN THE UNITED STATES NOT
ONLY INCREASED BUT
REMAINED HIGH.
COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE..
VISITS FOR KIDS AGES 5 TO 11
INCREASED BY 24%..
WHILE VISITS FOR 12 TO 17 YEAR
OLDS INCREASED BY
31%.
".THE KIDS ARE STRUGGLING A LOT
ALSO WITH SADNESS AND
ANXIETY AND KIND OF
DISCONNECTION SOCIALLY."
"HAVING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM,
ESPECIALLY IN
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC,
NO, YOU CAN'T GO
NEXT DOOR TONIGHT OR YOU CAN'T
GO ACROSS THE
STREET TO YOUR FRIEND'S HOUSE
TODAY AND THEN TODAY TURN
INTO A WEEK AND A WEEK, TURNED
INTO, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE TWELVE MONTHS INTO THIS
THING."
AND WHILE ANY ADMITTEDLY
STRUGGLED AS A STAND-IN
TEACHER.
TEACHING
TEACHER. TEACHING "WHY AM I YELLING DURING
THAT TIME SO MUCH? YOU KNOW,
MATH IS MATH. WHY DID
THEY CHANGE IT?" LAUGHS
TEACHING MATH
SHE SAYS TRYING TO GET HER
CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND
THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC... WAS
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST LESSONS ANY
HAD TO TEACH...
"BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY TEACH
THEM THE
SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON
IN A WAY THAT THEY
FULLY UNDERSTAND. SO THERE WAS A
LOT OF CRYING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WHY IS SHE
NOT MY FRIEND
ANYMORE? DO THEY NOT LIKE ME
ANYMORE?"
0:04: "HI. YOU'RE ON CAMERA
NOW!"
"I DO GET A LITTLE TEARY EYED
BECAUSE I KNOW AS -- AS
YOU'VE SEEN, AS YOU WERE SETTING
UP, THEY'RE VERY
SOCIAL."
0:13: "THE CAMERA'S ON CAMERA."
THE BIGGEST... ARGUABLY THE MOST
IMPACTFUL
CHANGE... NOT SEEING FRIENDS FOR
MONTHS AT A TIME... AND
NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHY. "
UM, I THINK, LIKE ONE OR TWO
MONTHS, I DON'T REMEMBER.
"THAT'S SAD."
"MHMM."
"DO YOU MISS THEM A LOT?"
"YEAH."
"IT TOOK A LONG TIME AND A LOT
OF TEARS AND A LOT OF KIND OF
COUNSELING TO MAKE THEM
UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS IT
WAS NOTHING THAT THEY HAD DONE.
IT WAS JUST THE WAY
THINGS WERE AT THE MOMENT."
IT'S BEEN A LOT FOR EVERYONE
"WHERE AM I GOING TO GO WRONG AS
A MOTHER?
WHERE AM I GOING TO GO WRONG AS
A NURSE? WHERE
AM I GOING TO GO WRONG AS A
WIFE? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AN
UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF -- OF
STRESS, NOT JUST FOR ME,
BUT FOR EVERY MOTHER AND EVERY
PARENT OUT THERE." ANY IS BACK
ON ANXIETY MEDICATION... SHE
SAYS IT'S HELPED HER COPE...
HELPED HER STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT
REALLY MATTERS... HER FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
JOINING
JOINING US NOW IS MOLLY OAK -- FAMILIES HAVE HAD A ROUGH GO AT IT THE PAST YEAR..
--TALKS
--TALKS ABOUT KIDS STRUGGLES, ETC.