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The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Them:

I believe

They admitted it’s just a theory.

You:

Adhd is not something environmental

Alas, the only definitive assertion in this comment chain. It has been proven that there is a genetic component to ADHD, not that it is exclusively a genetic disorder.

I also believe ADHD is partially environmental. I have diagnosed with and am treated for it.

It’s not anti-science to believe something that hasn’t been disproven. It is anti-science to believe something that has been disproven (e.g. climate change-denying loons).