The Academic Fix for Teen Anxiety and Identity Confusion

📋 Show Notes:

Teens today are facing a full-blown identity crisis. As parents, we’re watching our kids grow up in a world where anxiety, confusion, and cultural chaos are becoming the norm. But there is a solution—and it may be simpler than you think.

In this episode, Lisa Nehring breaks down how solid academic foundations and intentional education can restore a teen’s sense of identity, purpose, and direction. She explains why our tweens and teens are feeling so lost—and how classical tools like reading, writing, critical thinking, and worldview exploration can ground them in truth and resilience.

This is an episode for any parent who’s watching their child struggle and wondering, “What can I actually do about this?”

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🔑 What You’ll Learn:

• Why content consumption now outranks parents in shaping identity

• The devastating mental health trends linked to social media use

• How a lack of historical and literary understanding leads to despair

• Why classical liberal arts education builds agency, confidence, and hope

• What academic integrity looks like in today’s curriculum-saturated world

• How to spot solid academic pedagogy—and why it matters

• Tools and classes from True North that help teens build resilience, purpose, and skill

• How to prepare your child for a global gig economy while safeguarding their soul

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

• True North Homeschool Academy

• Ask about our Dual Degree Program (graduate with a college degree + high school diploma!)

• Explore our classes in literature, dystopian studies, Bible, foreign language, career exploration, and more

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🧠 For Parents Who:

• Feel like their teen is drifting or disengaged

• Want to understand how education influences identity

• Are seeking a meaningful, faith-based academic path

• Need real tools to guide their child through post-2020 uncertainty