Reliance on therapy
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Parents are being cautioned about excessive reliance on therapy, suggesting that this growing dependence is fostering a generation of dependent children and hindering their mental health improvement efforts.
Abigail Shrier
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During an appearance on ‘The Brian Kilmeade Show,’ Abigail Shrier, the author of ‘Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up,’ delved into the potential dangers of subjecting children to excessive therapy and the lasting effects it can have on them.
Therapy
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“Nobody has gotten more therapy than the rising generation,” Shrier told Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday.
Psych meds
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“No one’s had more psych meds. No one’s had more talk about feelings… No one has had more therapeutic parenting and therapeutic intervention in school, social-emotional learning, and you know what? It’s not doing them any good.
Worse
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In fact, I would argue it’s counterproductive. It’s making them worse.”
Availability
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She emphasized that despite the increased availability of therapy, the prevalence of individuals experiencing disorders and challenges has not decreased. Shrier argues that mental health professionals, while their intentions are good, are not effectively addressing the mental health crisis affecting America’s youth.
Experts
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“The mental health experts are claiming, ‘Oh, we’re just the firemen. We’re just responding to the fire.’ Not true,” Shrier said.
Mental health
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“They’re the arsonists, and here’s why. We’ve been doing preventive mental health care, flooding these kids with therapeutic techniques and methods and mindfulness techniques, wellness, for a generation now.
Diagnoses
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“No one has gotten more mental health intervention. No one’s got more diagnoses. 42% of them have a mental health diagnosis. They’ve been in treatment now for a generation, and you know what? The self-focused, the feelings focus, the dependence on mental health experts that parents have to raise their kids. It’s not helping,” she continued.
Excessive
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In conclusion, Shrier contended that children receiving excessive mental health treatment are less inclined to take risks and lack the independence that other children possess. Kilmeade inquired about the impact of the increasing availability of mental health resources on what children are missing out on.
Efficacy
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“Efficacy. Feeling like, I can do this. I can figure it out. I can take a risk,” Shrier responded. “They’re so afraid of trauma. They think they can’t. They think they’ve been bullied. They think they’ve been traumatized. These kids think they have PTSD if they get dumped.”
Consequently
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Consequently, the current scenario has produced children experiencing a range of issues, from “menu anxiety” to “PTSD,” due to the overwhelming abundance of mental health resources. Shrier emphasized the significance of children being able to take risks and develop responsibility, suggesting that tasks like chores and allowing them to make decisions can help instill these qualities in them.
Frantic
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“We have let these kids become so frantic and so worried, and then we bring in these mental health experts… supposedly as the solution,” Shrier said. “They’re not the solution. They are the worry-makers, and they’re creating the problem.”
Psychiatric medication
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Shrier highlighted the importance of therapy and psychiatric medication for children in certain cases, but also warned parents about the potential dangers involved.
Never appropriate
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“What I want parents to know is not that therapy is never appropriate, not that psych meds are never appropriate. … But every medical intervention, every drug – even Tylenol – comes with risk and therapy does too,” she concluded.
Janice Hill
April 23, 2024 at 4:18 pm
No generation has faced this much social media hate. No generation has faced this much body dysmorphia. No generation has spent so many hours per day in school or had so much homework. No generation has had so much access to therapy. No generation has had access to age-appropriate therapy that focuses on how to deal effectively with children’s problems, whether they are due to child sexual abuse, bullying, suicidal thoughts, or any of the problems children face. No other generation has been able to get so much information on what is not acceptable behavior. No generation has been told from a young age that abuse is not something that needs to be tolerated. No generation has had so much knowledge of mental-health disorders or access to medicines for children in pain. And no other generation has had this much opportunity to learn how to be healthy.