Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 12, 2025
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America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it
Teen girls crisis: It’s beyond social media– blaming social media lets too many other people off the hook for the sexual harassment, societal pressure, political threats, and everything else teenage girls have to deal with.
Maybe this is the best advice in the article: “When in doubt, log off, take care of your own mental health and be kind.” I know many of you have seen countless comments and memes in recent weeks regarding some famous people and their mental health. You may have even laughed at a few, though…
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The increase is startling. “In actual numbers, the suicide rate among 10- to 24-year-olds jumped from about 7 per 100,000 in 2007 to nearly 11 per 100,000 in 2018, according to the National Vital Statistics Report published Sept. 11.” Note that this is all pre-2020, so we can’t blame this on pandemic, or anything else…