Ten Things That Caught My Eye: Gender Ideology Tears Children and Families Apart, a Road Map for Tech’s Totalitarianism & More

1. Kara Frederick (Heritage Foundation): Combating Big Tech’s Totalitarianism: A Road Map

2. Abigail Shrier: Child Custody’s Gender Gauntlet

While trying to keep an open mind about Drew’s gender, Ted was adamant to the judge that he did not want Drew to begin medical transition. In the 312 days since he had last seen his boy, Ted had done a lot of research on medical transition and gender dysphoria. He begged the court to consider research that suggested puberty blockers could impair cognition and diminish bone density. He knew that Drew, if administered puberty blockers along with estrogen, would be at high risk of permanent infertility. He wasn’t even sure that his son had gender dysphoria. He wanted to see his son—and he wanted this bullet train to slow down.

“It sounds to me that you would prefer that [Drew], when all is said and done, is just going through a phase. Is that a fair assessment?”

Ted evaded the question. Did he prefer that his son avoid a medically risky regimen that would render him permanently infertile and make him a lifetime medical patient? Wouldn’t anyone?

3. Robert Pondiscio: The Unbearable Bleakness of American Schooling

Worst of all, this pedagogy of the depressed—America the Problematic—is thought to be a virtue among professional educators who view it as a mark of seriousness and sophistication. We want children to grapple with “honest history” starting in elementary school and to discover the power of their voices by writing authentic essays about their personal problems. Small wonder, then, that children are more depressed and medicated than ever before. A half-century of psychological research indicates that our beliefs about the world shape behavior and our sense of well-being. Whether one views the world as good or bad, safe or dangerous, enticing or dull, is correlated with outcomes such as life satisfaction or depression. We may think that we are doing children a good service by being “real” with them, refusing to spare them from the unpleasant facts of the tired world they will soon inherit, thus inspiring them to seize the day and set the world right. But strong evidence is emerging that we are mostly succeeding in creating a generation of overwhelmed young people paralyzed into learned helplessness.

4. Reason: Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Letting 14-Year-Old Babysit Kids During COVID-19

5. Kelly M. Rosati: American Families Need Paid Leave

Whether it’s caring for a chronically ill or injured child, a spouse with a long-term illness, or aging or dying parents, juggling the realities of caregiving and work is a challenge faced every day by millions of Americans. This situation crosses all ideological, political, geographic, and faith boundaries. And when a challenge like this is such a common reality for millions of Americans, the ground is ripe for broad, bipartisan support for common sense solutions.

6. The Washington Times: Bakers, therapists to lose conscience protections under proposed Arizona ‘Equality’ bill

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9. Arthur C. Brooks: How to Want Less

10. One group of Americans has the highest fertility in the world. It doubles every 20 years.