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AVAILABLE AUGUST 2023

Written with a parent’s passion and empathy, Things Have Changed offers a clear road map for navigating painful struggles that many modern children and students face, including mental health issues, substance abuse, and more.

Today’s world can be a daunting one for parents. Anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, loneliness, social media; the list goes on. Award-winning author, student wellbeing activist, and creator of The William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi, David Magee offers guidance on raising teens amid increasingly common challenges.

Magee shares research-backed insights on how to:

• Have conversations about mental health and drug and alcohol abuse
• Empower your child to ask for help when they need it
• Decide when and if treatment is needed
• Encourage your child to invest in healthy relationships
• Be intentional about social media use and interactions
• Foster your child’s desire to engage with your family
• Create and maintain healthy boundaries
• Advocate for your child’s wellbeing at school and with family

Now, more than ever, parents and educators need better information about the challenges facing their children, what sorts of issues to expect and when, and the warning signs to look for. You’ll find the guidance you need to feel prepared and tackle obstacles to your child’s wellbeing in Things Have Changed.

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About the Author

David  Magee

David Magee is an award-winning columnist, author, and TEDx speaker. He’s been a daily newspaper publisher, small business owner, a regular guest on CNBC, and once hosted a national cable TV program, The David Magee Show. He is currently the Director of Institute Advancement at the University of Mississippi—the role he started after helping create and launch The William Magee Center for AOD and Wellness Education at the university, named for his late son who died of a drug overdose. The Magee Center focuses on substance misuse education and support within the university and the effort is about to grow beyond, into the university’s next standalone national institute—the Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

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