A couple of months ago, I called my younger sister, who is one of my best friends and is currently a junior in high school. Her normally sunny disposition was clouded and troubled, and I learned that she had been up multiple times that week comforting a friend in an intense depressive spell.
Between my sisters and I, we’ve known young friends with emotionally abusive home lives, sexual assault experiences and simple mental health issues ranging from depression to obsessive compulsive disorder. As a result, I believe the best thing we can do for rising generations is teach them how to be healthy individuals.