YOUTH CONCERNS

by David Nuttle

Increasing numbers of American youth are using illegal drugs with many killing themselves with fentanyl overdoses. We are suffering the loss of more youth yearly than Americans lost in the entire Vietnam War. Electronic device use has conditioned our youth to instant forms of gratification. Many of our youth have minimal physical activities and are not in physical shape to serve in our military. A 2025 poll indicates that 39 percent of our youth would like to soon convert the U. S. to a socialist or communist state. Some of our youth participated in college campus riots condemning Israel and promoting the horrific terrorist group Hamas.

American youth seem to know little or nothing about history and have little awareness that historically radical socialist and communist states have only caused nations they control to experience economic collapse, loss of freedoms and suffering, and democide (mass murder

of opposition by government). Our universities have long been infiltrated w/ CCP (Chinese) agents-of-influence and have over 250,000 Chinese students with some trained by the CCP in agitation techniques and IP (intellectual property) collection. Youth are not being educated

about our U. S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, benefits of our Republic & capitalism, and/or the basics of family finance. In addition, many are not being prepared for the demands of current high-tech jobs and use of advancements like IA.

Youth and all Americans are experiencing more crime, violence, rioting, and being victims of rape or murder due to an estimated 18 million illegal migrants coming into the U. S. Such hazards are as a result of POTUS Joe Biden's open border policy. These populations have reduced availability of jobs, housing, health care, and other services. In addition, these many problems created more national division, political conflicts, and major federal battles with sanctuary cities and states. These entities are acting to shelter as well as defend the illegal aliens to include gang members, criminals, terrorists, and persons with major health issues. Prior to this damaging series of events, there was rioting and major looting plus burning and murder by BLM & Antifa. Our youth witnessed the fact that little was done to curtail these activities and our VPOTUS, Kamala Harris, was acting to quickly pay the bail for all arrested rioters so they could quickly return to rioting.

As a society, Americans do a poor job of conflict resolution. Our youth need to have training

in this skill. Successful conflict resolution is known to be based on 1) Sharing and restating problems; 2) Stating the issues and asking for help; 3) Brainstorm a solution and take full responsibility; 4) Use "I feel" comments to define positions; 5) Let it go and compromise; and 6) Make a deal, shake hands, & cool off.

reat many corrective actions are urgently needed to get American youth back on track!!!