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The Lonely Burden of Today’s Teenage Girls

Written by The House | Feb 28, 2020 5:16:26 PM

This WSJ piece on the loneliness of teen girls speaks to what we're doing in building a community at The House. Definitely worth a read!

Amid our huge, unplanned experiment with social media, new research suggests that many American adolescents are becoming more anxious, depressed and solitary

 

“I have friends with debilitating problems like cutting and OCD [obsessive compulsive disorder],” a girl named Jordan recently told us. “It’s frustrating because I can’t help them. I mean, I’m only 14 myself.”

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ORIGINAL WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE HERE. (requires subscription)
FULL ARTICLE REPRINT ON COMPASSCLASSES.COM HERE. (no subscription)