With hormonal changes at work and decisions about the future weighing on the mind, the life of a teen can be stressful. Living through the COVID-19 pandemic hasn t made it any easier, experts say.
Among Wayne County s young adults, local coalitions say shaming related to COVID-19 is circulating – and it could turn dangerous, especially because many feel attached to social media and detached from other human beings. A lot of what I m hearing is school-based, said Kristie Skaggs, coalition prevention specialist at OneEighty, which provides various health services to help people change their lives. An example might be if practice or a game got canceled for a sports team because somebody on the team contracted COVID or had to be quarantined. There were negative reactions.