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I agree and disagree with this article. There is still good therapists, and everyone can benefit from therapy. However, I do think there has been a horrible inc

I agree and disagree with this article. There is still good therapists, and everyone can benefit from therapy. However, I do think there has been a horrible increase in parents and professionals, shielding children from all negativity. When children grow up in perpetual so-called "safe spaces," where they're not allowed to see or encounter anything hurtful, they really suffer later. Therapy should be about resiliency, not just assuaging worries.

qarl 3y ago
As someone who actually has a child going through therapy, I can assure you there is a strong emphasis on resiliency. There seems to be some kind of hysteria about kids therapy these days. Don't fall for it.
- peterleiser 3y ago
  This is a review critical of the book: https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/abigail-shrier-bad-therapy-book-unfortunately-liberal-parenting-can-be-highly-mockable.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/abigail-shrier-bad-... which has the excerpt: "And while I agree with Shrier that the statistics on skyrocketing rates of diagnoses for kids are sobering and deserve a hard look, the idea that therapy is where it all went wrong is where things get a little slippery. It takes Shrier until Page 70 to acknowledge that the vast majority of American children are not, in fact, in therapy, in the “one-on-one, weekly-ish conversation with a professional” sense. They are, instead, receiving some elements of it through social-emotional learning curricula in schools."
  - qarl 3y ago
    Yes, I am aware. But presumably the similarly skyrocketing rates for autism aren't due to therapy (or vaccines, or...) but probably just normal phenomena that hasn't been carefully measured before. IMHO.
    - peterleiser 3y ago
      Yes, I agree with both your comments. I agree that diagnoses and therapy aren't the problem, and I like your hysteria comment. I realize now I was completely focused on the portion of the excerpt that "It takes Shrier until Page 70 to acknowledge that the vast majority of American children are not, in fact, in therapy" even though the premise of the book seems to be that kids are messed up, and it's from therapy. And yeah, not carefully measured before and IMHO add some amount of: families used to deny issues, cover things up, send kids away, etc. Best wishes to you and your family with everything!

qarl 3y ago

As someone who actually has a child going through therapy, I can assure you there is a strong emphasis on resiliency. There seems to be some kind of hysteria about kids therapy these days. Don't fall for it.

peterleiser 3y ago
This is a review critical of the book: https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/abigail-shrier-bad-therapy-book-unfortunately-liberal-parenting-can-be-highly-mockable.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/abigail-shrier-bad-... which has the excerpt: "And while I agree with Shrier that the statistics on skyrocketing rates of diagnoses for kids are sobering and deserve a hard look, the idea that therapy is where it all went wrong is where things get a little slippery. It takes Shrier until Page 70 to acknowledge that the vast majority of American children are not, in fact, in therapy, in the “one-on-one, weekly-ish conversation with a professional” sense. They are, instead, receiving some elements of it through social-emotional learning curricula in schools."
- qarl 3y ago
  Yes, I am aware. But presumably the similarly skyrocketing rates for autism aren't due to therapy (or vaccines, or...) but probably just normal phenomena that hasn't been carefully measured before. IMHO.
  - peterleiser 3y ago
    Yes, I agree with both your comments. I agree that diagnoses and therapy aren't the problem, and I like your hysteria comment. I realize now I was completely focused on the portion of the excerpt that "It takes Shrier until Page 70 to acknowledge that the vast majority of American children are not, in fact, in therapy" even though the premise of the book seems to be that kids are messed up, and it's from therapy. And yeah, not carefully measured before and IMHO add some amount of: families used to deny issues, cover things up, send kids away, etc. Best wishes to you and your family with everything!