Hi, .
We need to talk about the mental wellbeing of our children and teens.
These years of forming identity, re-modeling the brain, and flying further from the nest are already a big challenge. Add in three calendar years of isolation, disrupted schedules and rites of passage, missed friendships and opportunities. And then stir in what Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer calls the “triple pandemic of Covid-19, racial reckoning, and climate crisis.”
The result is a toxic stew of anxiety, depression, lethargy, behavioral outbursts, health issues, self harm, and the highest rates of contemplating suicide among teens in XX years.
This week, we are talking about mental wellbeing.
Our children and teens are not okay.
