According to our new report, young adults in the U.S. reported twice the rates of anxiety and depression as teens. They identified several drivers of these emotional challenges, including a lack of meaning and purpose.
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Teens’ mental health challenges have drawn a huge amount of attention, with researchers and pundits pointing to many possible causes or contributing factors, including social media, sleep deprivation, achievement pressure, and political hostility and polarization. But left largely untold is the story of those who are commonly central in teens’ lives—their parents and caregivers.
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The global pandemic has deepened an epidemic of loneliness in America.
A new report from Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, suggests that 36% of all Americans—including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children—feel “serious loneliness.” Not surprisingly, loneliness appears to have increased substantially since the outbreak of the global pandemic.
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