Today’s young people are wired and worried
Deseret News – October 13, 2007
By Joseph Cramer, M.D.
Meet Generation W — "w" for wired and worried. Every day in my office kids come in worried. Now the easy response is, "Who wouldn't be worried in the presence of the shot doctor?" Others will blurt, "It's a phase" or something along that line. No, these are children who are petrified to sleep or be alone, scared of going off to school, frightened to leave the house, intimidated by the wind or all other sorts of everyday situations that have become stresses. The problem is that the fears may go away but not the fear. In today's childhood there… Fair Use Notice
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