A Pew Research Center poll found that 40% of U.S. parents are "extremely" or "very" worried that their children may suffer from depression or anxiety in the future.  After mental health, bullying was the second greatest concern (35%) among parents. Bullying and mental health were seen as more worrying than the risk of kidnapping, drugs and alcohol, teen pregnancy, and trouble with the police. Roughly 40% of Latino and low-income parents, as well as ~30% of Black parents, said they are extremely or very worried about the risk of their children being shot. For comparison, only ~10% of White or high-income parents share those concerns. Nearly two-thirds of parents said that parenting has been at least somewhat harder than they expected.  Dr. Katherine Williamson, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said that the mental health crisis among U.S. children began "before the pandemic," but that the rates of children being diagnosed with mental health disorders have "increased exponentially" in the past three years.