Lack of #ThirdSpaces? #Smartphones taking away #HumanConnection? Seeing through the bullshit and believing they have no future? There's a lot of factors that could be at play here.
#TeenTakeovers push cities to take action as experts see echoes of the Covid pandemic
Teens who have been clashing with cops went into lockdown during their middle school years, when they were learning how to interact with the world around them.
May 28, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT
By Doha Madani and Corky Siemaszko
Excerpt: " 'More often than not, it is a desperate need for connection,' he said.
"In addition, Abrams said, teen takeovers swell up fast because many teenagers just have no place else to go. There used to be more of what experts call '#ThirdSpaces' — not home or school — where kids could socialize freely. But spaces that are affordable and welcoming to teenagers are increasingly harder to find, Abrams said.
"Take the library, he said.
" 'We always see plenty of room for senior citizens, plenty of room for adults and programming for adults,' Abrams said. 'We see lots of space for little kids. ... We don’t see as much room for 11-, 12-, 13-year-olds or 16-year-olds.'
"Jasmin Ford, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and clinical instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said teenagers today face a mental health crisis that accelerated during the pandemic and has not returned to pre-Covid levels."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-pandemic-blame-teen-takeover-experts-say-rcna347075
#ACAB #CounselorsNotCops #TeenMentalHealth #LeftBehind #GenZ #CovidLockdown
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