To the editor: Guest taxpayers Naomi Schaefer Riley and Sally Satel present a case of wanting a better breeding of the children by taking out a disconnected list of problems, behaviors and observations about adolescents and their parents (“What children need, and adults need to know, to combat the youth mental health crisis.” June 17). Lack of religion, lack of strong relationships, easy access to cannabis (without reference to access to other drugs such as alcohol, depressants, medications, etc.) and the growing number of single -family homes.
In summary, they present the always present case that there are many teenagers who are staggering and present their own pet ideas without much justification on how to solve this problem. Of course, young people who regularly attend any type of healthy event weekly will be more likely to feel better with themselves, be it a religious service, meetings Boy Scout/Girl Scout or other youth groups or school clubs. Of course, parents pay more attention to their adolescents by spending time doing positive things with them will help.
It is unfortunate that with all the positive things that can be suggested, these authors use a problem always present to lead everyone towards what their personal favorite solutions seem to be instead of trying to suggest that parents find things that could work for personal situations and their children.
Michael Lampel, Granada Hills
