I just wanted to quickly say that, for me as well, trying to get into schools is very difficult. I try to organize parent nights, and parents don't come. If children are not being educated and properly protected at home, the best place to access them is in schools, yet getting into schools is harder than going through airport security. It's so difficult.
Funding is part of that issue. They can afford to pay you almost nothing. That's a big hindrance. Months have gone by, and I haven't been in a school. It breaks my heart, knowing the statistics that Holly talked about. The kids are suffering now. Their mental health is in a crisis now. We're in a mental health epidemic right now with suicides, depression and anxiety. All these numbers are through the roof.
It was good that we pulled phones out of schools, but we know that it's not really happening. I get a lot of reports from schools saying that the kids are on their phones in class, and they're sneaking in. Again, it falls on the teachers, and that's not right.
Our kids are addicted to their devices. We're not really acting fast enough to help them get off them or to know how to maintain that addiction. There's just so much more. It has to be done quickly. We are losing our youth.