Few people doubt that today's teens experience more than their fair share of angst.
A new program at Ottawa High School may offer teens an alternative to keeping their problems to themselves. Peer counselors, five each for sophomores, juniors and seniors, are now designated at OHS to listen to their peers' problems. Presumably, the same group of students would retain their advisory position each year. While it is great to see an innovative, new OHS program that is focused on helping students, peer counselors could be in an unfair situation which asks more of them than they are ready to handle. Almost all teens worry about everything from acne to relationships to problems with schoolwork and family members.