A teenager does not wake up one morning and become a headline. Long before an arrest, there are usually warning signs: missed school, untreated trauma, unstable housing, street pressure, online conflict, grief, poverty, and adults who are too overwhelmed to notice until something breaks. Across America, many communities are asking the same hard question: why do so many young people seem angrier, more isolated, and more willing to take risks that can ruin lives? The answer is