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What Parents Miss About Teen Mental Health — A School Counselor Explains
School counselor Francisco Cepeda sits across from teenagers every day—and hears what many parents and adults never get to hear.
In this conversation, Francisco shares what teenagers are quietly carrying, why young men often struggle to express what they need, and how feeling unseen or excluded can shape a boy’s confidence, choices, and mental health.
He also shares the personal wound that led him to create SUMMIT, a leadership and character-development program designed to help young men develop belonging, accountability, confidence, and purpose.
This episode is for parents raising teenagers…
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