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[quote=Anonymous]I think one of the aspects that the bootstrappers ignore in the messaging about resilience, etc. is that the pandemic is not an isolated crisis. Our teens are so much more aware and hooked into societal and environmental issues, because of the 24/7 news cycle and the immediate availability of news on our screens. The pandemic comes on top of this generation growing up with routine gun massacres in schools, the climate crisis and the fact that they are living on a planet that is growing less hospitable to humans, the huge competition for college spots and the extraordinary costs of higher education, pervasive racial injustice in this nation....on and on and on. The pandemic is the icing on the cake, but many in our kids' generation is overwhelmed with how bad it really is out there. Add that to any preexisting tendencies to depression and/or anxiety and it's not surprising that "normal" coping and resilience skills simply aren't up to the task.[/quote]
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