Dr. Frank Buck: “Why mental health would improve if schools would teach organization and time management skills”

Mental illness encompasses a wide range of severity. My work speaks about stress reduction. It targets the seemingly unlimited demands on us as the culprit.

I would love to see our schools do a better job of teaching young people organization and time management skills. These skills don’t fit neatly into the area of language, math, science, or social studies. Yet, they impact all those areas and every aspect of a student’s life.

Second, technology provides solutions that are literally in the palms of our hands. My wife will be the first to tell you I am “directionally challenged.” She can visualize a map of the entire metropolitan area in her head and see 15 different ways to get from “Point A” to “Point B.”

I need to be told what…