{"title":"Shrier, Abigail","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"irreversible-damage-the-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters-abigail-shrier-paperback","title":"Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters -- Abigail Shrier, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Until just a few years ago, gender dysphoria--severe discomfort in one's biological sex--was vanishingly rare. It was typically found in less than .01 percent of the population, emerged in early childhood, and afflicted males almost exclusively. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But today whole groups of female friends in colleges, high schools, and even middle schools across the country are coming out as \"transgender.\" These are girls who had never experienced any discomfort in their biological sex until they heard a coming-out story from a speaker at a school assembly or discovered the internet community of trans \"influencers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unsuspecting parents are awakening to find their daughters in thrall to hip trans YouTube stars and \"gender-affirming\" educators and therapists who push life-changing interventions on young girls--including medically unnecessary double mastectomies and puberty blockers that can cause permanent infertility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbigail Shrier, \u003c\/b\u003ea writer for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e has dug deep into the trans epidemic, talking to the girls, their agonized parents, and the counselors and doctors who enable gender transitions, as well as to \"detransitioners\"--young women who bitterly regret what they have done to themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coming out as transgender immediately boosts these girls' social status, Shrier finds, but once they take the first steps of transition, it is not easy to walk back. She offers urgently needed advice about how parents can protect their daughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A generation of girls is at risk. Abigail Shrier's essential book will help you understand what the trans craze is and how you can inoculate your child against it--or how to retrieve her from this dangerous path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abigail Shrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.51w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684512287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbigail Shrier is a writer for the Wall Street Journal. She is a graduate of Columbia College, where she received the Euretta J. Kellett Fellowship; the University of Oxford; and Yale Law School. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shrier, Abigail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45283452518628,"sku":"9781684512287","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781684512287.jpg?v=1780474727"},{"product_id":"bad-therapy-why-the-kids-arent-growing-up-abigail-shrier-hardcover","title":"Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up -- Abigail Shrier, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eIrreversible Damage\u003c\/i\u003e, an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad and fearful of growing up. What's gone wrong with America's youth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBad Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids--it's the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids. She reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits. Among her unsettling findings: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalk therapy can induce rumination, trapping children in cycles of anxiety and depression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Emotional Learning handicaps our most vulnerable children, in both public schools and private\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Gentle parenting\" can encourage emotional turbulence - even violence - in children as they lash out, desperate for an adult in charge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMental health care can be lifesaving when properly applied to children with severe needs, but for the typical child, the cure can be worse than the disease. \u003ci\u003eBad Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to bolster America's kids have backfired--and what it will take for parents to lead a turnaround.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abigail Shrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593542927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbigail Shrier received the Barbara Olson Award for Excellence and Independence in Journalism in 2021. 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