Parents Are Almost as Depressed as Teens

American teens are having a hard time. From 2008 to 2019, the rate of U.S. high school students reporting chronic feelings of sadness and hopelessness rose 65% from one in five to one in three, according to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

That was before the pandemic. By the fall of 2021, more than a year into the pandemic, the CDC reported that 42% of high…

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