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No greens before age 18!
Reporters, politicians, experts, prepare the terrifying headlines: I’m about to reveal the true cause of teenagers’ depression.
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The massive Global Mind Project study finds no mental health benefit from delaying children getting a smartphone past age 10
The study shows North American kids who get smartphones at ages 10-12 have better mental health than those who wait until 16 or 18. Naturally, media…
Dec 1
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November 2025
Today’s “teenage mental health crisis” and social media panic are founded in nostalgic myths
Our best long-term surveys and statistics show Boomer and Xer teens were no happier or more “together” than teens are today. Elders: cut out your…
Nov 25
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Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic”
Teenagers’ loneliness was the same in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s long before anyone heard of TikTok or smartphones.
Nov 21
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Part 3: One more – really bad – emblem of progressive podcasts’ grotesque hate speech toward young people
I’m sick of this, too. But this is too awful – and typical – of anti-youth bigotry to let go. I promise to move to another topic on Friday.
Nov 19
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Progressives’ brainless disdain for young people, Part II
They're at it again. Consider this my self-therapy.
Nov 17
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Progressives loved young people after Democrats’ November 4 sweep … for a whole week
Progressives should thank whatever god(s) they praise that young voters ignore the destructive trashings liberal-left podcasters spew about them day…
Nov 14
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These are the teens who urgently need help with severe family problems. How do America’s blame-social-media authorities justify ignoring…
They don’t. The CDC’s new 2025 youth surveys even delete key questions asked in 2023 on the severe family crises driving teens’ worst mental health…
Nov 3
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October 2025
If we really want to deter suicide and self-harm, we should prescribe social media to teenagers, not ban it
The anti-teen-social-media case keeps falling apart even as it peaks politically.
Oct 31
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Why do teenaged girls have such low rates of suicide and drug death?
Teenaged girls report much more sadness than boys or grownups. Yet girls are vastly safer from suicide and self-inflicted death. What are we missing…
Oct 28
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Ill-considered social-media bans endanger millions of teenage girls whose online connections help them deal with parents’ skyrocketing…
Surprising Centers for Disease Control numbers show teenage girls, especially those with drug/alcohol abusing parents, have LOWER rates of suicide and…
Oct 22
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Parent-aged adults’ drug-overdose ER crises doubled since 2010 to a record 5.5 million cases in 2024
Yet, authorities keep insisting it’s just smartphones, TikTok, and social media making teens depressed.
Oct 17
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