Surviving to adulthood... is a real concern for young people. 
Consider the CDC Suicide study which shows...
• Among students in grades 9-12 in the U.S. during 2013:4

• 17.0% of students seriously considered attempting
suicide in the previous 12 months (22.4% of females
and 11.6% of males).
• 13.6% of students made a plan about how they
would attempt suicide in the previous 12 months
(16.9% of females and 10.3% of males).
• 8.0% of students attempted suicide one or more
times in the previous 12 months (10.6% of females
and 5.4% of males).
• 2.7% of students made a suicide attempt that
resulted in an injury, poisoning, or an overdose that
required medical attention (3.6% of females and
1.8% of males)

Gun violence....
A teenager in 2015 is more likely to die of a gunshot wound than of all other diseases combined. 
Teen black males are 4.5 times more likely to be killed by a bullet than their white peers, and gunshot wounds are the leading cause of death in that demographic.