I really liked the way you put it, meaning that the pandemic exacerbated an existing problem.
Let's go back to adolescents. There are many hypotheses about this, but what mainly allows adolescents to develop and grow towards adulthood is the ability to leave home. That's because they've assimilated their family's values, turned outwards, and made other connections. Parents become secondary and friends become a priority. After that, they fashion their own personality. That's precisely what the pandemic prevented them from doing. It forced adolescents to turn inward and to depend on screen time and social networks, immersing them in a flow of images of perfection and the feeling that they have completely lost control, which is toxic for them.
It's essential to consolidate what adolescents and young people learn, and to strengthen their feelings of accomplishment and self-esteem. Mental health support is, of course, the starting point, as was mentioned. Young people consolidate what they have learned and blossom as they succeed at school, as they get coaching, tutoring and encouragement for their educational performance at school. They can apply their talents to sports and physical activity, as well as in positive interactions with coaches or other adult models they can emulate.
A massive investment is needed in all the social safety nets for children. As was mentioned earlier, the family setting is not always solid enough to consolidate children's achievements.
But as I was saying, the provinces need latitude so that they can invest in other sectors that can have an impact on children's health, like education, sports and other forms of support. Of course, prevention programs also required to help them develop properly.
The health sector needs to be decompartmentalized and health needs to be viewed as a set of parameters that gravitate around children, precisely to help them consolidate their personality. I believe it's a potential solution that ought not to be ignored.