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Troubled 12-year-old was 'fast-tracked' for hormones, mastectomy, charges lawsuit

Joanne Jacobs

Dec 152 min read

Troubled 12-year-old was 'fast-tracked' for hormones, mastectomy, charges lawsuit

A young woman is suing "gender affirming care" providers for starting her on drugs and surgery at age 12.

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Transgender teens are unhappy -- or unhappy teens blame their gender

Joanne Jacobs

Oct 121 min read

Transgender teens are unhappy -- or unhappy teens blame their gender

More than 3 percent of high school students identify as transgender, more than double the number a few years ago.

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Bullying, violence are up: 1 in 10 teens are afraid to go to school, says CDC

Joanne Jacobs

Aug 122 min read

Bullying, violence are up: 1 in 10 teens are afraid to go to school, says CDC

Teens aren't quite as sad or suicidal as they were in 2021, reports the CDC, but violence, bullying and school avoidance are up.

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Transitioning kids: 'I expected it to change everything, but I was just me with a deeper voice'

Joanne Jacobs

Feb 33 min read

Transitioning kids: 'I expected it to change everything, but I was just me with a deeper voice'

Silencing critics of transitioning children is a mistake, writes Pamela Paul in a New York Times commentary based on interviews with...

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Psych out: Why are we teaching kids to be hopeless and helpless?

Joanne Jacobs

Jan 302 min read

Psych out: Why are we teaching kids to be hopeless and helpless?

"Anti-racists" are demoralizing black students, write Julian Adorney and Jake Mackey on Quillette. Teenage depression and suicide rates...

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Joanne Jacobs

Nov 19, 20231 min read

The therapist is online

New York City is offering free online therapy to teenagers 13 to 17 years old, reports Michael Elsen-Rooney on Chalkbeat. Teenagers can...

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CA schools chief ejected from board meeting on parents' rights

Joanne Jacobs

Jul 23, 20232 min read

CA schools chief ejected from board meeting on parents' rights

Parents should be told if their child is involved in violence at school, expresses suicidal thoughts or identifies as transgender, a...

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NJ sues school district for 'outing' students to their parents

Joanne Jacobs

Jul 1, 20232 min read

NJ sues school district for 'outing' students to their parents

If Ella wants to be called Elliot or Elliot goes from "he" to "they," teachers in three New Jersey districts are supposed to tell the...

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Guns, gays, suicide, smoking ... The show may not go on after all

Joanne Jacobs

May 3, 20232 min read

Guns, gays, suicide, smoking ... The show may not go on after all

Can a high school put on Oklahoma without guns? The Theatre Guild at an Ann Arbor (MI) high school revised the classical musical days...

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Sad girls: Social isolation predates Covid

Joanne Jacobs

Feb 18, 20231 min read

Sad girls: Social isolation predates Covid

Fifty-seven percent of teenage girls felt "persistently sad or hopeless" in 2021, reports the Centers for Disease Control. That's double...

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Don't risk freedom, privacy to protect kids from social media

Joanne Jacobs

Feb 12, 20232 min read

Don't risk freedom, privacy to protect kids from social media

In their zeal to protect children from social media, Utah legislators are debating legislation that would usurp parents' rights and...

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Joanne Jacobs

Jan 9, 20231 min read

Why parents fear social media

Parents' concerns about their teenagers' social media use focuses on access to explicit sexual content and time wasting, writes Risa...

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Seattle schools sue TikTok and others for kids' mental-health crisis

Joanne Jacobs

Jan 9, 20232 min read

Seattle schools sue TikTok and others for kids' mental-health crisis

Seattle Public Schools is suing social media companies, reports Julie Calhoun on King 5 News. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and...

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Suicidal students: What can universities do?

Joanne Jacobs

Dec 3, 20222 min read

Suicidal students: What can universities do?

Yale discriminates against students with mental-health issues, according to a lawsuit filed this week, reports William Wan in the...

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