Statement of Problem Growing up as a teenager in today’s society is not as easy as it may have been in generations past. Young adults of today’s era face many social and environmental issues that plague them with immense stress. For example, violence among youth and, more specifically, school shootings and gang violence strike fear among every adolescent’s mind before they face each day at school. And the pressure from peers for …showed first 75 words of 2065 total…

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