{"id":10790,"date":"2026-02-26T17:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/?p=10790"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:55:45","slug":"talk-to-your-teen-with-help-from-the-free-mind-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/talk-to-your-teen-with-help-from-the-free-mind-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk to your teen with help from the Free Mind Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a parent or caregiver,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0important to understand\u00a0the connection between your teen\u2019s\u00a0mental health and potential\u00a0for\u00a0substance use.\u00a0Staying connected can reduce their risk for drug use.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee PTA is happy to share that the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdc.gov\/FreeMind\/Parents\"><em>Free Mind<\/em> website<\/a> has resources and tools for parents and caregivers to get informed like youth drug use stats, facts about substances, and even a digital card game, Facts &amp; Feels, to help start the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>You can also hear from panelists at a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wfgqe4YhTpQ?si=VkYFQJPHUC_ZvIAU\">Athletes for Hope event held at Dillard Drive Magnet Middle School in North Carolina<\/a>. Professional athletes Chasity Melvin and Kamren (Kam) Larsen shared\u00a0personal stories and relatable insights into mental health, coping strategies, and substance use to\u00a0help\u00a0foster early, judgment-free conversations and to equip\u00a0parents and caregivers with tools and support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a parent or caregiver,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0important to understand\u00a0the connection between your teen\u2019s\u00a0mental health and potential\u00a0for\u00a0substance use.\u00a0Staying connected can reduce their risk for drug use. Tennessee PTA is happy to share that the Free Mind website has resources and tools for parents and caregivers to get informed like youth drug use stats, facts about substances, and even&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-partner-news","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10791,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10790\/revisions\/10791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnpta.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}