The major positive about homeschooling is that it gets kids out of the schooljails which are designed to dumb down the masses into an easily controllable blob with no logic, & so we have the MAGANUTS who are taking rhyme & reason out of circulation. Sad future for the U$$$$$.
Just listen without offering solutions, reassurance, or anything that will block his need to talk about his unsettled state. Call the 988 hotline yourself to get advice how to handle the situation & get him to call the hotline himself. Offer him yourself as a hotline both day or night should he need to talk. Yes, the old adage still holds--a friend in need is a friend indeed!
It's insane that the world has sunk to such a dumbed down level that what you wrote here needs to be said. Considering how few read books explains a lot about why people like Trump can rise higher than a shoeshine boy. I'll bet we can count on one hand how many books he & his supporters have read in their lives.
JUST STOP BUYING ANYTHING unless you need it to survive. Just a small %-age doing so will topple parasitic capitalism. Reuse, share, repair, & resist peer pressure if you want your children to survive.
Trickle down economics = those HAVING more than is rational pissing on the rest
