#4 Companion: Youth Mental Health Without The Fixes

Send us Fan Mail Most adults want to help kids who are stressed, anxious, or shutting down, but we often reach for the fastest fix: another app, another framework, another lecture delivered with good intentions. This midweek unpack slows that impulse down. I’m looking back at our conversation with five young people (ages 13 to 23) who spoke plainly about mental health, school pressure, performance expectations, and what it feels like to live under the constant mirror of social media. What st...