Youth

When curaJOY first started and began designing our program to improve all family members’ emotional wellness, we expected to mostly hear from parents concerned about their kids’ emotional wellness and social-emotional development. But it was youths—tweens, and teens, around the world who sought us out, asking for help to become happier and make more friends.

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Everyone deserves someone who’s on their side

When curaJOY first started, we expected to hear mostly from parents concerned about their kids’ emotional wellness and social-emotional development. To our surprise, it was kids and teens around the world who sought us out, asking for help to become happier, manage stress, and make more friends.

Tell Your Story

When kids talk, we listen

In fall 2022, curaJOY interviewed more than 1,500 families in the United States and East Asia. Thousands of kids shared their struggles with bullying, peer pressure, friendships and more.

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9 out of 10

kids surveyed wished their parents cared more about their emotional well-being

50%

50%

of kids surveyed believe they would benefit from counseling or other types of support, but cited parents’ attitudes as main barriers to getting help

Barriers to
receiving help

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Top issues
that hurt kids’
emotional
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My parents only cared about my grades. I think they may have been depressed while I was growing up. Definitely, no one practiced self-help techniques or knew about them in my family.

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I am glad that I got help. Behavior therapy was like having a second teacher that goes to your house, only they don’t teach math. They teach you coping skills. Coping skills are methods used to calm yourself down in stressful situations. I learned coping skills very easily, as coping skills are just stuff like drawing and taking a walk. But the problem was that I had trouble responding to situations in an appropriate way.

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I have always been very anxious. I don’t know where it started, but from a young age, I wanted to control/make sure that everything in my life would be alright. This has caused me to have anxiety attacks where my heart rate can go up to 170 bpm. During that time period, I am virtually incapable of doing anything. I have an urge to do something, to distract myself, usually through work. It’s very discouraging

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I wished my parents know more about me, my characteristic, my interest. And wished we interacted with each other like we are friends, and explored the world together.

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TAKING CARE OF OUR YOUTH SECURES EVERYONE'S FUTURES

curaJOY creates a one-stop behavioral support program, Quest Depot, to serve as a safety net for youth who could otherwise only depend on their caretakers to recognize and accept their distress.

thoughts of suicided up 60%
Accordingly to the latest CDC research finding, more than 1 in 3 teenagers seriously considered suicide, in a continuing pattern of increase.

57% of teen girls persistently sad, hopeless

Teenage girls are emotionally distressed at a historic high, twice as much as teen boys. 1 in 5 experienced sexual violence just in the last year.

1 IN 5 LGBTQ teens ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

More than 52% of LGBTQ kids suffer from poor mental health. This affects their physical wellbeing and educational outcomes.

More than half suffered emotional abuse

Adult stress during COVID seeped down to children who do not deserve yelling, put-downs, neglect, and beatings.
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OUR STORY
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Support Youth's social and emotional wellness

Help children and teens improve their mental health

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