Category: Kids Mental Health

“Live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find eternity in each moment.” -Henry David Thoreau This generation, more than those before it, faces an onslaught of external anxiety triggers. How we receive information has changed drastically, and we live in a world of seven-second videos and headlines with clickbait, fear-filled titles, and a non-stop feed of stress-inducing information. The invisible riptide under the surface pulls them under, and a tidal wave of pressure and expectations is coming at them all at once. The world is in a state of extreme polarization; wars and conflicts are a part of this generation’s daily digest every time they turn on a streaming channel or open an app. Arrows can be an example of how anxiety comes from both within and without. The arrows forced inward, representing the assault of…