CDC data shows US teen girls ‘in crisis’ with unprecedented rise in suicidal behavior

[Chris]

I don't have an answer to this alarming news though I might suggest as a source the fluid confusion of critical theory Woke identitarian politics.

CDC data shows U.S. teen girls ‘in crisis’ with unprecedented rise in suicidal behavior

...Sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicidal behavior and other mental health woes affected many teens regardless of race or ethnicity, but girls and LGBTQ youth fared the worst on most measures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. More than 17,000 U.S. high school students were surveyed in class in the fall of 2021.

In 30 years of collecting similar data, “we’ve never seen this kind of devastating, consistent findings,” said Kathleen Ethier, director of CDC’s adolescent and school health division. “There’s no question young people are telling us they are in crisis. The data really call on us to act.”

The research found:

• Among girls, 30 percent said they seriously considered attempting suicide, double the rate among boys and up almost 60 percent from a decade ago.
• Almost 20 percent of girls reported experiencing rape or other sexual violence in the previous year, also an increase over previous years.
• Almost half of LGBTQ students said they had seriously considered a suicide attempt.
• More than a quarter of American Indians and Alaska natives said they had seriously considered a suicide attempt — higher than other races and ethnicities.
• Feelings of persistent sadness and hopelessness affected more than one-third of kids of all races and ethnicities and increased over previous years.
• Recent poor mental health was reported by half of LGBTQ kids and almost one-third of American Indian and Alaska Native youth.

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[zelmo1234]

I don't like this either. But I suspect the further erosion of the family unit has a lot to do with this as well

[Now_What]

I'm sure somebody will tell us it has to do with "wokeness".

[Chris]

8 Places To Start For The ‘Children First’ Agenda We Desperately Need

Children are falling behind in education and key developmental milestones, mood disorders and loneliness are up, and suicide ideation has risen dramatically (including during the Covid era). Families are more broken and dysfunctional than in previous decades, and nearly 400,000 children are in foster care.

We should all agree there is no greatness in sacrificing the welfare of the vulnerable, yet where are the children specifically in today’s list of political priorities? If there was ever a political cause that could get us to sacrifice a bit more, to reach more earnestly across the aisle, and to risk our careers, it should be our children.

Here are eight goals for protecting children and improving their well-being that should be prioritized by government, businesses, other organizations, and individuals.

1. Safeguard Children’s Bodies from Irreparable Harm...

2. Protect the Preborn...

3. Shut Down Child Trafficking...

4. Protect Kids from Domestic Abuse and Neglect...

5. Address the Harms of Social Media Use on Children...

6. Refuse to Use Children as Human Shields from Disease...

7. Protect Children’s Right to Socialize and Play...

8. Promote Intact Biological Families...

[Standing Wolf]

I'm sure somebody will tell us it has to do with "wokeness".

The OP did that, in case you missed it.

I don't have an answer to this alarming news though I might suggest as a source the fluid confusion of critical theory Woke identitarian politics. ...

The legalization of same-sex marriage and the over-representation of interracial couples in t.v. commercials no doubt play a significant role, as well.

[Mister D]

The OP did that, in case you missed it.


The legalization of same-sex marriage and the over-representation of interracial couples in t.v. commercials no doubt play a significant role, as well.

Any thoughts of your own?

[zelmo1234]

I'm sure somebody will tell us it has to do with "wokeness".

I hope that you find a little Humor is this though this is not a funny subject, but have you seen some of the Woke Crowd, if they have a mirror they can't be happy with themselves.

[Chris]

I'm sure somebody will tell us it has to do with "wokeness".

See Preschool Teachers Drill Students in 'Woke' Gender Language and tell me after that you don't think that confuses little kindergarteners.

[Peter1469]

All the pressure for girls to not be what nature made them to be certainly isn't helping.

[Standing Wolf]

I hope that you find a little Humor is this though this is not a funny subject, but have you seen some of the Woke Crowd, if they have a mirror they can't be happy with themselves.

It does get ridiculous quickly and often. On the other hand, "wokeness" is not the ubiquitous bugaboo that some portray it as being. In other words, it's the proximate cause of some bad things - just not of everything.