Lisa’s Reviews > Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters > Status Update

“Members of Gen Z are less likely to go to parties, hang out with friends, date, for for a car ride, head to shopping malls, or even go to a movie than were those of previous generations…When they do meet up, they are much more likely to to bring along a parent….. they are far less likely to suffer the wounds brought on by adolescent heedlessness— but they’ve also failed to be toughened by the scars.”

…Lest one assume that these girls are merely reporting their depression in greater numbers (and not necessarily experiencing more of it), Haidt, points out that the average rates of self-harm reflect the same spike: an increase of 62 percent since 2009– all among teenage girls. Among preteen girls aged 10 to 14, rates of self-harm are up 189% since 2010, nearly triple what they were only 6 years before.”

“ Between 2009 and 2017, the number of high schoolers who contemplate suicide increased 25 percent. The number of teens diagnosed with clinical depression grew 37 percent between 2005 and 2014. And the worst hit— experiencing depression at a rate of three times that of boys— were teenage girls….

“Today’s adolescence spend far less time in person with friends—up to an hour less per day— than did members of Gen X. And…they are lonely. They report greater loneliness than any generation on record.”