Biden's surgeon general wants age limits for social media but not gender care. Where are the grown ups?
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy weighed in this week about children using social media. He is concerned about kids 13 and under. But what about 'gender affirming' care?
Karol Markowicz is a columnist at the New York Post. She has also written for Time, USA Today, The Observer, Heat Street, Federalist, Daily Beast and elsewhere. Follow her on Twitter @Karol.
I largely agree. We have an avalanche of research that shows teenagers specifically make terrible decisions because of the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex in their brains. Pummel them with all kinds of information, from every corner of the web, and they’re going to be primed for some poor decision-making.
And if they manage to maintain, and make smart choices, they will still be subjected to all kinds of opinions and influence.