Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

- The number of people who say they have no close personal friends has quadrupled.

The number of people without a romantic partner is up by a third.

The number of people who say no one knows me well is 54%.

The amount of time we spend with friends is way down.

And so in case after case, we are having some relational crisis in this country.

And there are a lot of reasons for it, and some of it would be social media, obviously.

Some of it would probably be economic inequality.

But I think some of it is we just don't have the skills.

We don't have the social skills.

How do I have a good conversation with you?

How do I ask for forgiveness if I need forgiveness?

How do I break up with you without crushing your heart?

These are just skills.

How do I sit with someone who's depressed?

And there are skills that should be taught, and we're not teaching them in school.

And apparently, we're not teaching them at home.

And so a lot of my students that I've been teaching over the years, they just want these skills.