The survey was conducted by CVS and technology company Morning Consult from Aug. 12-23 among 500 parents and 340 educators of children ages 13 to 17.
“Parents and educators create a critical, complementary team that supports adolescents through the impacts of academic and family pressures, self-esteem concerns, COVID-19 and more,” Cara McNulty, president of behavioral health and mental well-being at CVS Health, said in a Sept. 8 release from the company.
The survey also found:
- Seventy-six percent of educators said they had reported concerns about teenage mental health, compared to 58 percent of parents.
- Twenty-two percent of educators said they had initiated conversations about mental or emotional concerns with children, compared to 49 percent of parents.
- Ninety-four percent of both parents and educators said they felt confident about their ability to find support if a child reported mental or emotional health concerns.
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