The Kids Are Not Alright: Addressing The Mental Health Crisis Impacting Our Youth

The Kids Are Not Alright: Addressing The Mental Health Crisis Impacting Our Youth

Essence Magazine:

By Chloe Castleberry ·Updated May 25, 2024

This story is featured in the May/June issue of ESSENCE.

Jamal Clay was the type of child who always wanted to help people. He was an intuitive soul, and his mother, Rafiah Maxie of Chicago, dubbed him her “right hand.”

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