Overcoming the malevolent forces driving today’s young people over the edge
Generation Z – the name given to those 69 million Americans born between 1997 and 2012 – is a uniquely troubled generation. And although news reports like to emphasize the fact that many of the highest-profile criminals and crazies in the last few months have been “Gen Zers” – from Tyler Robinson, charged with assassinating Charlie Kirk in Utah, to Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., to Luigi Mangione, arrested for gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City – the vast majority of Gen Zers are, of course, law-abiding. Yet millions are mightily besieged and victimized by the same factors that are transforming many of their peers into political radicals, and in some cases notorious criminals.
Social analysts have labored to break down the various factors that have made Gen Z into what social psychologist Jonathan Haidt titled his #1 New York Times bestseller – “The Anxious Generation.”
Incredibly, an estimated 42% of Generation Z has been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD or other mental health condition, with a staggering 60% reportedly taking medications to manage their mental health, according to a study from the highly respected Psychiatrist.com website.
Analysts point to a host of vexing, anxiety-producing issues facing Gen Z – including widespread financial worries, with college costs in the stratosphere, food more expensive than ever, home ownership entirely out of reach for most, and two jobs often needed just to pay the rent.
Then there’s the disconcerting reality that many Gen Zers are not dating or getting married and having families – partly due to economic pressures, high anxiety and insecurity about the future, disillusionment with marriage due to the high level of divorce in their parents’ generation, and widespread reliance on dating apps. But also because they are spending on average three hours every day sucked into the giant black hole called “social media” – where every deranged group on earth is influencing and recruiting 24/7.
And yet, on an even deeper level, there’s a powerful underlying truth eloquently spelled out by podcaster Bethany Mandel in her New York Post article, “How do two privileged New Jersey teens get seduced by ISIS?” which details how and why “two teenagers from one of New Jersey’s wealthiest suburbs were arrested … for allegedly plotting to join ISIS and carry out mass killings of Jews.” The causative factors, Mandel notes, do not start with getting brainwashed and recruited by evil people on the internet.
full story at https://www.wnd.com/2025/12/saving-gen-z-america/