The mental health of young people in America and around the world has been on a steep decline.  Suicide rates and gender dysphoria among some of the most disturbing, with more children on antidepressants than ever.  A lot of blame gets passed around for this but as usual, if we simplify things in our life, things get easier. Homeschool aside, if we just let the kids be kids again and protect their childhood, the majority of these problems would disappear.  You can use my sons as proof.  If you let them play, explore, build, and conquer their own little worlds in childhood, they'll grow up into stable and self sufficient adults.  "What society does to its children, so will its children do to society." – Marcus Tullius Cicero -