The Springtide Blog
The blog uses applicable and approachable insights pulled from our latest research, contextualizes our research with current events and lived experience, and offers posts written by young people, experts in the field, and Springtide staff and advisory board members. Looking for Data Drops, research reports and even more data? Check out our research page.

Many young people are lonely, which Springtide defines as a persistent state of being in which a person feels isolated, unsupported, and without close...
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Hannah Turner /
July 21, 2022

Cultivating any relationship takes time and effort, but showing care for a young person requires a precise type of support. Young people want to be noticed,...
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Springtide /
July 21, 2022

For many of us, purpose equals motivation. For Gen Z, this is especially true—our surveys and interviews with young people show a significant tie between...
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Lauren Scott /
July 19, 2022

The Voices of Young People Podcast is a digital space where we listen directly to young people as they respond to our research and share about the issues...
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Springtide /
July 13, 2022

It’s no secret that everyone deals with stress, yet Gen Zers may be especially susceptible to stress and the anxiety and uncertainty that comes along with...
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Springtide /
July 11, 2022

Growing up in the Catholic church, prayer was something I heard a lot about. There was the Our Father and the Hail Mary, things I memorized and dutifully...
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Hannah Connors /
June 1, 2022

We asked our Springtide Ambassadors, a group of young people who meet monthly to discuss Springtide data and themes, to contribute a piece of writing for...
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Springtide /
April 28, 2022

Please enjoy this excerpt from our latest report on mental health and Gen Z in schools: Creating Organizations That Are Mental-Health Friendly ...
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Springtide /
April 27, 2022

Today, our latest product—Mental Health & Gen Z: What Educators Need to Know is available for the public. This project, and our Springtide Series on...
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Springtide /
April 25, 2022

In March 2020, the first month of lockdown related to the threat of COVID-19 in the United States, Springtide conducted a study of over 500 young people...
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Springtide /
April 21, 2022

Two members of our first SAP Cohort, Abby and Elyse, got together to practice how to check-in on themselves and others, especially when life can feel overwhelming....
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Abby Jones & Elyse Gobbi /
March 7, 2022

Springtide is excited to share a beautiful drawing by SAP member Acadia Neel, a 16-year-old in Colorado who uses art to meditate on ideas and express herself....
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Acadia Neel /
March 1, 2022

In the second of our series of conversations between trusted adults and young people (see the first one here), Springtide is excited to introduce Nima and Fardowsa,...
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Springtide /
January 31, 2022

Springtide is excited to share this intimate, wide-ranging, and thoughtful conversation between two siblings, Seher and Spencer, discussing life...
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Springtide /
December 2, 2021

As a junior in high school, I have the joy of taking AP US History, a class that provides an extensive account of our nation’s...
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Lily Scott /
November 29, 2021
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