be Well: Sesame Street helps tackle mental health crisis in children with new initiative
Sesame Street is helping tackle the growing mental health crisis in children with a major new initiative.
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Sesame Street is helping tackle the growing mental health crisis in children with a major new initiative.
After lockdown and remote school, a lot of children are still struggling to deal with difficult emotions, leading the U.S. surgeon general to declare youth mental health the “crisis of our time.”
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That PSA is part of a whole new slate of Sesame Street content -- from shows to podcasts to educational resources -- aimed at teaching children and families about mental health.
Rose-Marie Trulio, senior vice president of curriculum and content at Sesame Workshop, joined be Well to talk about the initiative.
