> Tons of data also showing higher suicide rates

Here is the data:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6630a6.htm

and the more recent data:

https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

I was a child of the 90's, where the numbers were higher, where we had peak PMRC.

> depression rates

Have these changed? Or have we changed the criteria for what qualifies as "depression"? We keep changing how we collect data, and then dont renormalized when that collection skews the stats. This is another case of it, honestly.

> eating disorders

Any sort of accurate data collection here is a recent development:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7575017/

> never ending cat and mouse game with my kids (especially my son)

Having lived this with my own, I get it. Kids are gonna be kids, and they are going to break the rules and push limits. When I think back to the things I did as a kid at their age, they are candidly doing MUCH better than I, or my peer group was. Drug use, Drinking, ( https://usafacts.org/articles/is-teen-drug-and-alcohol-use-d... ) teen pregnancy are all down ( https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45184 )