State of Mind

ALT A screenshot that reads, "But because they are children, and because it is clear that we are not wise elders, but just flawed people stumbling in the dark, the way that this all plays out is that they are destroyed from the inside, and that explodes outward in a myriad of terrifying ways—suicide, self-harm, school avoidance, failure to launch, school shootings, and on and on and on. There are precious few who are able or willing to help, and even fewer who are willing to work for the possibility of a future where kind, empathetic therapeutic care is available to any child who needs it, where our public schools work for all kids, and where the adults in charge are thoughtful and humble and wise enough to listen to what our young people are telling us."