Key points

We're in the midst of a worsening crisis in teens' mental health.

Public policy and school changes can help, but parents can also use chores to support their troubled kids.

Kids who do chores at home tend to be happier, healthier, and more successful at school and beyond.

Parents of troubled kids should start small, emphasize the positive, and stay on top of chore completion.

There is so much going on for kids as they enter adolescence , starting at age ten or 11 and persisting for the next several years. Their bodies, brains, and place in the world are changing dramatically and quickly.

That’s always been true. But today, there are signs that more young people than ever are having increasingly serious social, emotional, and behavioral problems.

Arguably, the best way t

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