How teenagers are coping in the COVID-19 pandemic
This was supposed to be their time to launch into the world, but then the world closed down. Some teens have been resilient, but others have had worsening mental-health problems – and the long-term effects on their lives may not be clear for a long time Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
For almost 12 months now, Canada’s teenagers have essentially been locked up with their parents. By the time the pandemic ends, two sets of graduations and proms will have been cancelled, along with a year and a half of sports tournaments, school plays, movies, dates and parties – basically, everything they’d been promised would make the final years of high school the best of their vanishing childhoo