Building Resilience

Abstract

American children and adults were not coping well before the pandemic, and things have only become worse since. Children are experiencing increasing rates of depression, anxiety and suicide. One fifth of adults report having at least one mental illness, and many are also dealing with addictions. Our excessive use of social media may also be causing issues, with many people spending too many sedentary hours online consuming content instead of creating it, putting their mental and physical health at risk.