Having seen our kids pass through this timeframe into adulthood, experiencing various forms of "mental illness" along the way, the main "obvious" factors that w

Having seen our kids pass through this timeframe into adulthood, experiencing various forms of "mental illness" along the way, the main "obvious" factors that were different from our childhoods were ... a) social media, and b) schools pressuring them to commit to major life decisions before they were even allowed to drive a car, and never letting up, and c) the magnitude of student loans necessary to comply with that pressure. This was all hammering them long before any sort of college admissions process came into play.