How do I help him?

My. Oh friend is going through A TON right now, his Grammy is in the hospital, his parents are not giving him any slack, his stepdad sold his phone for no reason.

His parents have been really really hard on him lately for no reason. He gets in so much trouble for the SMALLEST things. And on top of that his grams is in the hospital with covid so he’s stressed about her.

He was finally starting to be himself again, until this morning when he heard his mom on the phone with someone comparing him to his best friend. Both of them are amazing football players, but his friend had gotten more offers from colleges. So she was telling other people about how he wasn’t as good as his friend and how he wasn’t going to be successful, and now my boyfriend is just straight depressed. Ivenever seen him this down in my life.

It’s horrible. How do I help him considering I can’t be there with him?