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“𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮.”

𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒’ 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄: “𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐈𝐓.”

Shrier sat down with Stella O’Malley and explained the research everyone is too uncomfortable to admit out loud.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩.”

“𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮.”

The data backs every word. 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐭’𝐬 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” documented adolescent 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝟏𝟑𝟒% 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝟏𝟎𝟔% by 2020 — almost all of it post-2012, when smartphones crossed 50% teen pe*******on. The Harvard T.H. Chan School’s longitudinal flourishing data: kids who attended weekly religious services growing up are 𝟏𝟖% 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 30% less likely to start s*x young, 40% less likely to contract an STI.

Religious attendance. Family dinners. Phone-free childhoods. Earned independence. These aren’t political positions — they’re protective factors. The mainstream pediatric establishment dismissed every one of them for the past decade.

Shrier’s closing argument:

“𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.”

“𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”

𝐒𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.