All the Studies Showing Kids These Days Are Doing Better Than You Think

The media is full of panic headlines about the Gen Z mental health crisis, but actual science shows kids are actually doing OK. 

EXPERT OPINION BY JESSICA STILLMAN, CONTRIBUTOR, INC.COM @ENTRYLEVELREBEL

Listen to most of the media and you’ll come away scared silly about the youth mental health crisis in America.

The crisis is “life or death” the New York Times claimed back in 2022. And the tone hasn’t become any less apocalyptic since. Teen girls are in crisis, many outlets reported in 2023 in response to a particularly depressing CDC report. 20-somethings aren’t doing much better, according to the Atlantic. The Guardian recently summed up the situation this way: “Youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’.” 

I could go on. But you’ve probably already heard plenty about spiking levels of anxiety,........

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