Four Ingredients to Help Students Recover Following a Pandemic By Dr. Tim Elmore, Founder, Growing Leaders
Perhaps Christa Campbell summarized a teen’s predicament best. When the “shelter in place” order was given in March of 2020, she thought, “Cool. This will be a great break from normal classes.” By the end of March, she felt stuck. No spring break. No prom. No signed yearbooks. No in person graduations. She and millions of other teens felt “postponed.”
The teens in this group believe part of the typical American experience was lost to a pandemic. By September, the CDC revealed that one in four American young adults contemplated suicide in the last month. They feel grief. Loss. Isolated. Angst. These kids were caught in limbo and deserve special leadership from us. My question is: what did past generations of adults do for kids in troubled times?
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