It was not like this when I grew up

The world today is a lot different from when I was growing up. Teenagers nowadays are really stressed out and many of them are suffering from mental illness. It is really sad to see. I think there can be a lot of different reasons why kids feel this way. In many cases it is probably because the parents always work and never have time to be with their children. This creates a strong feeling of loneliness and distance between the children and their parents. Another thing could be bullying. I have heard that a lot of kids are being bullied. It is horrible. Even during my childhood bullying existed but it was not as common as it is today. I think bullying is getting more common because many kids do a big mistake when their thinking about people, they only think about the appearance and not people's personalities. They judge the book by its cover. The main cause of mental illness is probably the lack of belief in the future. When I was a kid most of us could not wait to be grown ups and really live our lives. The problem right now is that there are so many bad things going on in our society that make kids afraid of the future. With climate changes and all the violence here it is hard to be optimistic but we need to. Kids must start believe in the future but the grown ups have the biggest responsibility. They need to dare to see the problems we have and help the children, both by telling them when they are doing something wrong but also by listening to the kids and help them with their stress. So to sum it up, kids start believing and adults dare to see the problems!