Girls/kids may be “growing up” more slowly (Haidt) but studies are also showing girls are starting menarche earlier, according to Abigail Shrier who wrote about the tragic trend of girls “transgendering” themselves, taking testosterone, and puberty blockers. Indeed, this trend is recognized as early as 2016: https://www.sciencealert.com/…
Girls/kids may be “growing up” more slowly (Haidt) but studies are also showing girls are starting menarche earlier, according to Abigail Shrier who wrote about the tragic trend of girls “transgendering” themselves, taking testosterone, and puberty blockers. Indeed, this trend is recognized as early as 2016: https://www.sciencealert.com/girls-are-going-through-puberty-earlier-than-ever-before-with-long-term-effects. My 70 year old brain is really struggling to grapple with how different just about everything is for kids today than when I was one, or even than when my kids were kids. The difference was noticeable between my youth and my youngest son’s, but the difference between his youth and his daughter (13) is huge. We used to get married and start families in our 20s. Today, kids wait at least into late 20s, early 30s and for some will pass the age at which having children is practicable/desirable. So, certainly COVID has had terribly deleterious effects on our young, but I think our problems now and future didn’t start there. COVID however, locking down, no doubt led kids to bury themselves in their iPhones and social media more than ever before, thereby exacerbating whatever was already going on.
Girls/kids may be “growing up” more slowly (Haidt) but studies are also showing girls are starting menarche earlier, according to Abigail Shrier who wrote about the tragic trend of girls “transgendering” themselves, taking testosterone, and puberty blockers. Indeed, this trend is recognized as early as 2016: https://www.sciencealert.com/girls-are-going-through-puberty-earlier-than-ever-before-with-long-term-effects. My 70 year old brain is really struggling to grapple with how different just about everything is for kids today than when I was one, or even than when my kids were kids. The difference was noticeable between my youth and my youngest son’s, but the difference between his youth and his daughter (13) is huge. We used to get married and start families in our 20s. Today, kids wait at least into late 20s, early 30s and for some will pass the age at which having children is practicable/desirable. So, certainly COVID has had terribly deleterious effects on our young, but I think our problems now and future didn’t start there. COVID however, locking down, no doubt led kids to bury themselves in their iPhones and social media more than ever before, thereby exacerbating whatever was already going on.