CATCH Clips and Video Shorts

This clip offers the key takeaway that parents often need to do less and trust that their kids are more capable than they think.

This clip shares how manageable discomfort can help kids build resilience and confidence.

Learn why meaningful responsibility at home can help children build confidence, capability, and a sense of belonging.

This clip shares a simple parenting shift: choose one value that matters most to your family and look for everyday ways to practice it on purpose.

Learn how the P.A.C.E. approach helps parents stay regulated, connect with their child, and respond effectively during difficult moments.

Use the S.O.Y. validation tool to listen, acknowledge feelings, and respond more effectively when parenting teens.

Three experts offer practical ways to move beyond repetitive parent-child arguments and communicate more effectively.

Discover simple ways to break the ice, listen without judgment, and create conversations that help teenagers open up.

Can you be curious?

Shift from judging behavior to approaching it with curiosity so you can better understand what your child may be communicating.

Get specific language and communication strategies for talking with teens through positive, difficult, and emotionally charged moments.

Treat problems, not symptoms

Look beneath challenging behavior to identify and address the underlying need rather than focusing only on the visible symptom.

Learn how validation helps children feel understood and reduces the unintended harm that can come from fixing, minimizing, or dismissing feelings.

Replace repeated advice and quick fixes with clearer communication strategies that help children feel heard and families solve problems together.

Whether your child has had a phone for years or just started gaming-small shifts now can reset your family’s relationship with technology.

Not all screen time is created equal-why the size and setting of a screen matter just as much as the amount of time.

When it comes to kids and technology, there’s rarely a clear right or wrong answer just different discomforts.

Four factors from the American Academy of Pediatrics that matter more than screentime minutes.

Explore healthy gaming boundaries and practical ways to reconnect when gaming begins to dominate a child’s daily life.

This 90-second clip offers hope and perspective for families navigating mental health care.

Understand  what each level means and when it might be right for their child.

Learn how to address stigma and school disruption when considering higher levels of care for your child.

This brief clip reminds families that asking for help is not losing control it’s adding support.

This 1-minute clip helps parents see higher levels of care as a sign of strength, not failure.

Learn when to seek more support and what steps to take next.

Feeling overwhelmed does not mean you’ve failed. Hear this student’s perspective.

A local college student explains why pausing, journaling, reading, or resting can be a productive reset when responsibilities become overwhelming.

Practice a rainbow mindfulness exercise that uses the senses and surroundings to redirect attention and create calm.

Try four simple vagus nerve techniques designed to calm the body quickly and support nervous-system regulation.

Use sensory-based coping strategies to soothe anxiety, reconnect with the present moment, and help the body feel safer.

A therapist shares the practical coping skills she uses to manage stress, stay grounded, and restore calm.

Learn accessible calming and relaxation practices that support emotional regulation and everyday mental health.

Try the alphabet category game, a quick mindfulness exercise that redirects attention and helps calm an anxious or busy mind.

CATCH Clip from our educational series that provides the following concise and quick tactical anxiety coping tools for you and your family to try:

1. 4×4 Breathing
2. 5 Senses
3. Coping Skills Bag
4. ABC Mindfulness
5. TIP

CATCH Clip from our educational series that provide tactical on-the-go grounding tools to manage anxiety. 

1. HALT
2. BORED
3. Changing the Channel
4. Self-Care

Check the S.E.E.D.S. of self-care—sleep, exercise, eating, downtime, and support—to strengthen resilience during stressful periods.

Learn how to “cope ahead” by preparing children for uncertainty, anticipating challenges, and practicing useful responses in advance.

Focus on what you can control when life feels unpredictable and use that mindset to reduce anxiety for the whole family.

STOP the What Ifs! Put Your Brain AND Body In Same Place

Use a present-moment grounding strategy to interrupt anxious “what if” thinking and reconnect the brain with the body.

Parents and allies are reminded that mistakes will happen, and sincere repair, learning, and continued support matter more than perfection.

Lizzy Appleby explains how rejection and unsupportive responses can harm LGBTQ+ youth and why affirming adults make a meaningful difference.

This clip addresses why more young people openly identify as LGBTQ+ and how greater visibility and safety allow them to live more honestly.

Lizzy Appleby reassures parents that a child’s LGBTQ+ identity may feel new to adults even when the young person has understood it for a long time.

Learn why supporting LGBTQ+ youth is less about finding perfect words and more about listening, staying present, and showing acceptance.

Michelle Icard uses the greenhouse parenting metaphor to explain how parents can create the conditions children need to grow through setbacks.

Michelle Icard shares a three-step process—contain, resolve, and evolve—for helping children learn and grow from setbacks.

A student shares how perspective, connection, and one small act of self-care can help after an exhausting or disappointing week.

When do I seek help for suicidal ideation in my teen? Learn when suicidal thoughts or warning signs require professional help and how parents can respond promptly and supportively.

Get practical guidance for starting a direct, supportive conversation with a teen about suicide and emotional safety.

Understand passive suicidal ideation, how it differs from active intent, and why any expression of hopelessness deserves attention.

Understand active suicidal ideation and why specific thoughts, plans, or intent require immediate attention and professional support.

Learn why teens may turn to self-harm and what the behavior can communicate about emotional pain and unmet needs.

Recognize possible signs of self-harm in teens and learn why calm, direct, supportive follow-up matters.

Learn how to help children respond when a friend shares difficult feelings and when they should involve a trusted adult.

A local college student shares how small boundaries, saying no, and creating time to unwind can prevent burnout and protect emotional well-being.

Learn how honest, age-appropriate communication about your own feelings can help children trust their instincts and emotional experiences.

Help children name and understand their emotions so they can regulate big feelings and choose effective coping strategies.

Understand why children may unravel after holding it together all day and learn how parents can support the after-school transition.