it annoys me greatly when people blame the depression of their kids on external things. "climate change", "social media", "the pandemic" and so on.

blame your own "woe is me" attitude and intellectual sloth of seeing the only solution in trading in your agency.

it is the responsibility of a parent to teach and guide their child how to deal with these things in a productive, peaceful way that doesn't force them to kill their light.

don't blame the problems, blame your inability to come up with a better way to deal with them and failing to teach your child to do so.

this one time you can't get away with handing off your duty.