Victoria White: We need to image ourselves in the confusion of our adolescents

Right now we need to show our kids we “have their backs” by imagining ourselves into their confusion and giving the Sixth Year some hint of a Leaving Cert date. Picture: Denis Minihane

Teenagers don’t have as much life experience to “diffuse the enormity” of what is going on, writes Victoria White

It’s high time we did more for adolescents on lockdown than tell them to “Have our backs”, as one psychologist suggested on RTÉ radio.