Child Development

10 entries in this category

• Gender Care Ethical for Dysphoric Kids
  Gender-affirming medical interventions for children with gender dysphoria satisfy basic standards of medical ethics on risk versus benefit.
  A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 81 sources
• Grooming Gangs are a Moral Panic
  The Muslim grooming gang panic is a moral panic alleging that Asian men are sexually abusing young White girls in the United Kingdom.
  A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 40 sources
• Transgenderism Reveals True Inner Self
  Sudden transgender and nonbinary identifications among youth represent authentic innate gender identities finally freed for expression.
  A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 29 sources
• Microaggressions Cause Mental Health Harm
  Microaggressions cause harm and have negative impacts on health and mental health, as inferred from correlations in nonexperimental studies.
  A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false 23 sources
• Social Media Safe for Adolescents
  Social media is a reasonably safe consumer product for children and adolescents even when used heavily.
  A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 23 sources
• Schools Can Make All Students Equal
  Schools and equalized environments can eliminate or substantially narrow individual differences in student achievement and learning outcomes.
  A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 22 sources
• 3-Cueing System Helps Kids Learn to Read
  Children learn to read the same way they acquire spoken language, by guessing words from contextual, semantic, and syntactic cues rather than systematic phonics.
  Mainstream now strongly agrees this assumption was false 22 sources
• Trans Skepticism Causes Suicide
  Skepticism of transgender ideology drives trans people to suicide and equates to genocide.
  A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false 22 sources
• Rising Diagnoses Signal Mental Illness Epidemic
  Sharp increases in mental health diagnoses among children reflect a genuine surge in the prevalence of mental disorders.
  A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false 13 sources
• Parents Primarily Shape Children
  Children turn out the way they do primarily because of their parents' child-rearing styles.
  Mainstream now strongly agrees this assumption was false 12 sources