Troubled Children

At least six million American children have serious mental disorders, according to government surveys, a number that has tripled since the early 1990s writes Zach Lynch in Brain Waves who has many links to articles describing some  the difficulties families have in sorting through conflicting advice and diagnoses.

Such a tragedy for both the children and the parents. 

I wonder how much is exacerbated by the frenetic pace of the modern world, the pressure to compete and succeed, fragmented families and an increasingly depraved mass culture. 

It's hard for anyone to find a foothold, a sure place on which to grow.