There's so much happening in politics right now.

So red wine and blue is here to ask, okay, but why?

Raise your hand if you've been depressed.

I think the last few weeks have been hard for me, for sure.

Yeah.

What do you want other kids at home to know about why it's so important to talk about your

mental health?

It's not good to keep a bundle together because you will literally lose your mind because

that it's happened to me before and it's not a good feeling.

Kids today have a lot to worry about. Getting through adolescence was hard

enough in generations past, between succeeding at school, fitting in with your friends,

and figuring out who you are. But these days, kids have more anxieties than ever, and many

of them are completely valid.

There were 83 school shootings last year, and gun violence is now the number one cause of death for kids.

And the anxieties go on.

The COVID-19 pandemic didn't just mean a pervasive sense of fear, and for many kids, the deaths of loved ones.

It also meant physical separation from friends and teachers.

And kids can see what's happening to the planet because of climate change.

They see the wildfires and hurricanes and rising temperatures, in the news and in their

own backyard.

And even worse, they don't see adults taking real action to stop it.

In a recent survey of teenagers, almost 60% said that they felt very worried or extremely worried about climate change.

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