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                  OUR ANXIOUS KIDS                                             It’s a crazy world out



                                      BY NICOLA KILLOPS                        there. And it is just
                                                                               getting crazier.


                                                                                      s adults, most of us are in
                                                                                      survival mode as we sprint
                                                                               Ato keep up with the hamster
                                                                               wheel  of  life,  and  it’s  no  surprise  that
                                                                               South Africans, in particular, are stressed
                                                                               out. A study was conducted across
                                                                               34 countries to determine the Mental
                                                                               Health Quotient (MHQ) of various
                                                                               nations, and guess who came in stone
                                                                               last? Yup, Sunny South Africa.


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