Fireside Chat Ep. 260 — The Teenage Mental Health Crisis

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager | PragerU

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Why are American teens so miserable? According to an opinion piece in The New York Times, depression, anxiety, and suicide are on the rise among young people due to climate change, racism, and inequality. Dennis has a different view about what’s causing this mental health crisis. He shares his thoughts on life, answers your questions, and announces the release of his new Bible commentary! Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, Dennis Prager here with the fireside chat number.
0:03.3	260.
0:04.9	260. That's great.
0:07.2	Oh no.
0:09.5	Wait, wait, wait. You got to see him for about 13 seconds.
0:13.1	There's nothing I can do. It's snoopy available.
0:16.3	We should have a dog here. It's painful. We bribed him with little
0:21.7	yummys for dogs. His mommy's not here right now.
0:27.2	That's a big problem.
0:29.9	All right everybody, you'll have to find me interesting without auto.
0:36.2	It can be a challenge. Oh my god, he's really going.
0:40.2	See, here's the point. My wife is not here. So therefore, auto's mom is not here.
0:45.8	So he is now going to the window to stare out until she comes.
0:53.4	That's that's love.
0:58.0	And it's so interesting. I don't want to get sidetracked, but it's
1:02.1	nevertheless, everything makes me think. And that makes me think
1:07.0	about people love their animals, which I totally get. They're
1:13.9	lovable. But a part of the reason is that they get
1:18.8	quote unquote unconditional love from the animal.
1:23.4	And so some people prefer them to people because people don't give
1:27.4	unconditional love. It's just the nature of the human being.
1:32.6	And by the way, I'm not sure that it's a virtue. No matter how badly you're treated,
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