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Texas would do well to at least pretend to care about kids mental health. From the article: > Directing blame at Mexico is also a way to avoid looking at how T
by LapsangGuzzler 4y ago
Texas would do well to at least pretend to care about kids mental health. From the article:
> Directing blame at Mexico is also a way to avoid looking at how Texas fails children. A 2022 report from the nonprofit Mental Health America ranked the state last in the nation in access to mental-health care; nearly three-quarters of Texas youth who had a major depressive episode did not receive mental-health treatment, the worst rate in the country, according to the report.
Choosing to spend billions building a wall and next to nothing on mental health access for children is the epitome of Texas thinking.
- dang 4y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into partisan flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html