Look at immediate environment when helping adolescents cope in changing world

Coming of age is difficult enough. For today's teens and adolescents, not having the life experience an adult may have to provide perspective, the fear, anger, uncertainty, and all-around negativity flooding our world can be overwhelming.
According to a recent Washington Post / Ipsos poll of Americans aged 14-18, more than half said this is a difficult time to be growing up compared with only one-third when a similar poll was done in 2005.
Teens also reported that political divisions, health costs, racial discrimination, and gun violence are the biggest threats to their generation, followed closely by terrorism and climate change.
With the internet, kids are more aware of news events than those who grew up during, for instance, the social t...