Another common theme brought up by many submitters was the huge issue of the increased need for mental health services in our schools. I believe many adults, and a number of people in this House, are responsible for the huge increase in the need for this service. Kids need hope. They need to know that there's a purpose for everything they do, whether that's studying maths, training for netball, or practising their violin. There has to be an end goal. In the quest for a better planet, the promise of hope and purpose has gone for many young people. They see no purpose in living in or contributing to a world that they're told daily is going to end. Rhetoric like "Keep under 1.5 degrees for our survival" and constant talk of mass extinctions, from those to my left, is messing with kids' heads in a huge way. Climate anxiety or eco-anxiety are common mental health issues now. Whatever message is intended, we must still give kids hope that they have a bright future and there's a reason to look forward to it. I was teaching in 2019, and condoning climate strikes is condoning truancy. You just can't have it both ways.