It91裸聊视频檚 easy to feel like being young sucks right now.

Most of us don91裸聊视频檛 think we91裸聊视频檒l ever own a house in Canada. We work multiple jobs to keep up with the cost of living. We can91裸聊视频檛 find doctors. We91裸聊视频檝e had 91裸聊视频渢he best years of our lives91裸聊视频� disrupted by the pandemic. We91裸聊视频檙e hardly represented in an increasingly divisive political landscape. We deal with increasing anxiety about climate change and the future of the planet.

All of that sucks. It sucks for everyone, but for young people, it can feel like the end of the world.

That91裸聊视频檚 backed up by the Mental Health Index complied by LifeWorks which has tracked the mental health of Canadians over the past two years. The index has found that younger Canadians 91裸聊视频� those under 40 91裸聊视频� have worse mental health scores than people who are older. Students enrolled in full-time post-secondary education have consistently reported the worst mental health outcomes of any demographic.

Far too often, the concerns of younger generations are disregarded. We91裸聊视频檙e told to grow up, we91裸聊视频檙e told that this is simply 91裸聊视频渉ow things work in the real world91裸聊视频� and that 91裸聊视频渨e don91裸聊视频檛 know how good we have it91裸聊视频�. Nobody can deny that the youth of 2022 have a better standard of living than the youth of 1922, but we don91裸聊视频檛 have it nearly as good as the youth of 1972.

There is simply not enough support out there for all the young people who are struggling. Though that doesn91裸聊视频檛 mean that the struggles are insurmountable.

If everything was truly terrible, if our planet was truly beyond saving it might make sense to throw up our hands and give up.

That91裸聊视频檚 not the case. If you take a look around B.C., you91裸聊视频檒l find it91裸聊视频檚 often young people at the forefront of climate action movements, racial justice protests, advocating for an end to the toxic drug crisis and coming up with creative solutions to our problems.

But young people aren91裸聊视频檛 always taken seriously.

Up until recently, the so-called young generations of Millenials and Gen Z haven91裸聊视频檛 had a seat at the table. The oldest Millennials are now 40 years old and represent the largest demographic in Canada 91裸聊视频� and the politically engaged Gen Z is coming up rapidly behind them. The tides are shifting and the problems of Canada91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频測ounger91裸聊视频� generations are quickly becoming mainstream.

It91裸聊视频檚 easy to feel like being young sucks. It91裸聊视频檚 easy to look at all the problems in the world and get overwhelmed.

It won91裸聊视频檛 be easy to solve our problems, but our world and our futures are worth fighting for.

Cole Schisler is a provincial reporter with Black Press Media.

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