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having a place to live or enough to eat—a far cry from cute “teenager stuff” that can be easily waved away. Teens are worried about serious, even life-threatening, problems, both in their own lives and in the world at large. And there are no easy or immediate solutions to any of these problems. If someone is anxious about possibly losing their home, there is no quick fix to make that stress disappear. But what we can do is learn how to manage our anxiety—how to take charge of it, rather than letting anxiety be in charge of us.

School shootings are a common cause of stress among teenagers.

Stressed Out

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