A few months ago, a high school teacher casually mentioned to me that at his school, students with diagnosed anxiety weren’t called on in class.
What struck me as insanity is apparently mainstream in America’s schools now.
In her gripping new book “Bad Therapy,” journalist Abigail Shrier chronicles how young Americans are living a childhood radically dissimilar from past generations, a childhood characterized by therapy, medication, diagnoses, rampant accommodations, and classes where teachers talk about trauma and feelings.
It’s no secret that the mental health of Gen Z is awful. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Americans aged 10-24. In 2021, 9% of high school students attempted suicide.
Nor is this just a matter of young people forever struggling more with emotions than their…
