I think it's part of the bigger question of why rules and longstanding research no longer apply in any field when it comes to questions of gender identity. We need to start forcing professionals to go on record explaining why this one thing is exempt from everything we know about medicine, child and adolescent development, family therapy…
I think it's part of the bigger question of why rules and longstanding research no longer apply in any field when it comes to questions of gender identity. We need to start forcing professionals to go on record explaining why this one thing is exempt from everything we know about medicine, child and adolescent development, family therapy, etc. Deviating this far from everything we know in these fields must be justified and no one is pushing beyond shallow or empty justifications for throwing out all the rules for these kids.
Yes, this! I have noticed this with studies (and congressional hearings!) about the negative impact of social media on the mental health of kids and teens, linking it to the current mental health crisis among young people. But no one is stating the obvious, that social media is likely partly responsible for the explosion in young people identifying as trans.
Here is California, Attorney General Rob Bonta has proposed rules on Social Media for minors that would require parental approval for kids to be on sites. At the same time, both the AG and Governor are against schools not offering certain LGBTQ books in libraries, some of which have sections in them specifically instructing kids how to hide their social media and internet activities from their parents.
I think it's part of the bigger question of why rules and longstanding research no longer apply in any field when it comes to questions of gender identity. We need to start forcing professionals to go on record explaining why this one thing is exempt from everything we know about medicine, child and adolescent development, family therapy, etc. Deviating this far from everything we know in these fields must be justified and no one is pushing beyond shallow or empty justifications for throwing out all the rules for these kids.
Yes, this! I have noticed this with studies (and congressional hearings!) about the negative impact of social media on the mental health of kids and teens, linking it to the current mental health crisis among young people. But no one is stating the obvious, that social media is likely partly responsible for the explosion in young people identifying as trans.
Here is California, Attorney General Rob Bonta has proposed rules on Social Media for minors that would require parental approval for kids to be on sites. At the same time, both the AG and Governor are against schools not offering certain LGBTQ books in libraries, some of which have sections in them specifically instructing kids how to hide their social media and internet activities from their parents.
Good lord.