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Speaker 1: New research this morning which suggests we need to toughen

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Speaker 1: up our kids a bit to help address the increase

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Speaker 1: in mental health issues that they're experiencing. This is a

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Speaker 1: new Auckland University paper. It says in twenty twenty two

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Speaker 1: and twenty twenty three, more than one in five of

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Speaker 1: our fifteen to twenty four year olds experienced high levels

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Speaker 1: of psychological distress, noting our youth suicide rate, it's one

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Speaker 1: of the highest in the developed world. The paper suggesting

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Speaker 1: we focus on developing skills and young people that provide

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Speaker 1: a foundation for resilience. Doctor Sung Yung Kim is with

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Speaker 1: US Center for Informed Futures and author at the University

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Speaker 1: of Auckland. Thank you for being with us. Good morning,

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Speaker 1: Good morning Ran. So obviously kids are saying that they're

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Speaker 1: reporting that they're feeling less well, more unwell mentally. What

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Speaker 1: do you think is behind that?

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Speaker 2: It seems like there are a lot of things that

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Speaker 2: are contributing to a young person's mental health and well

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Speaker 2: being being, such as the socioeconomic status, relationship ships, things

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Speaker 2: happening at home, a lot of factors coupled with the

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Speaker 2: rapidly changing digital and social environments.

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Speaker 1: Do we punish our kids enough. Do we set them

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Speaker 1: clear enough boundaries and then follow through with consequences. Is

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Speaker 1: that part of the reason that they are feeling lost.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to see and it's uncertain whether it's the punishing,

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Speaker 2: but research is showing that there is an importance of

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Speaker 2: having warm nurturing relationships with young people.

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Speaker 1: We arguably have more warm nurturing relationships with the young

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Speaker 1: people now than we've ever had before, and yet their

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Speaker 1: mental health is worse. So how does that work?

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Speaker 2: Right? So it's important to look at these relationships in

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Speaker 2: a sense of not in a way that allows young

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Speaker 2: people to do things with up boundaries, are introducing boundaries,

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Speaker 2: but looking at how these relationships are, how we interact

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Speaker 2: with young people, and how these interactions addresses their needs.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you very much for your time this morning,

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Speaker 1: Dr Sung Yong Kim the Center for Informed Futures at

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Speaker 1: the University of Auckland. For more from News Talks at

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