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10 Minute Explainer: Teenage Meltdowns

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 4, 2019

For this membership drive, we will end each show with a ten minute explainer on a different topic each day. Up next, Lisa Damour, psychologist, New York Times columnist, and author of Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls (Ballantine Books, 2019), explains why teenagers are so prone to meltdowns, and offers advice on how to help.

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