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Rates of anxiety and depression among teens in the U.S. have been rising for years. According to one study, nearly one in three adolescents (ages 13-18) now meets the criteria for an anxiety disorder, and in the latest results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 32 percent of teens reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
Empowering Kids In An Anxious World
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I believe it is due primarily to pressure to accel at everything done by the kids, sports and academically.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SPC Margaret Higgins Don't Feel Lonely, I was "Bi-Polar" and Asperger's Before it was Fashionable. Fortunately Uncle Sam had a Good Use for My "Personality"
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - Thanks, Chip. I am so very, very sorry that you had to go through all of that. Well, Chip: I think that you are a great father and grandfather.
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SPC Margaret Higgins Thank You! Yep Looking at My Mini Me's Makes it all worthwhile. Better Looking than Papa and 10 Times smarter and I have an IQ of 138. My Payback on the World is My Hoodlums.
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I was pressured to get good grades and "played" a lot. Many teens have replaced play and sports time with the internet.
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