Pandemic Generation: Kids in Crisis shines a light on the real, lasting impacts of remote learning, quarantine and the uncertainty children endured over the past two years.
WRAL, Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh, N.C., is airing its latest documentary, Pandemic Generation: Kids in Crisis, tonight at 7:30.
Pandemic Generation: Kids in Crisis is also available for on-demand viewing on wraldocumentary.com, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV and YouTube beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The documentary shines a light on the real, lasting impacts of remote learning, quarantine and the uncertainty kids have endured over the past two years.
COVID cases continue to be on the decline in North Carolina, but one lasting issue from the pandemic is what it did to children.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Surgeon General declared a national state of emergency in children’s mental health with one in five young people experiencing anxiety or depression.
Cristin Severance, WRAL’s investigative documentary reporter and Jay Jennings, photojournalist, uncovered staffing shortages within the mental health profession in North Carolina leading to months-long wait times for life-saving services.
“I think the impact of the pandemic on kids’ mental health is the biggest and most underreported story out there,” Severance says. “Pandemic Generation features real, honest conversations with young people and parents about what these last two years have been like and their continuing struggles as we all try to get back to ‘normal.’ More than one dozen experts called this a crisis and told us these mental health issues won’t just disappear as COVID continues to slow down.”
Pandemic Generation: Kids in Crisis also features interviews with the leading mental health experts in North Carolina who shared advice and tangible ways parents, grandparents and caregivers can help their kids right now.
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