📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join UnHerd's Flo Read meets Abigail Shrier. Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Could it be possible that the boom in therapy for young people is harming, not helping, the next generation? UnHerd’s Florence Read speaks to the author of a new book ‘Bad Therapy’, Abigail Shrier, about mental health myths, gentle parenting and the medicalisation of American kids. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 00:56 - Introduction 00:56 - 07:48 - Why the rise in young people in therapy isn’t a good thing 07:48 - 16:53 - The state of American kids’ mental health 16:53 - 22:35 - Is therapeutic culture making kids ill? 22:35 - 25:36 - Children and privacy from parents 25:36 - 29:02 - Side-effects of medicalising children 29:02 - 34:45 - Is this just an elite problem? 34:45 - 39:20 - The rise of therapeutic school councillors 39:20 - 42:44 - What is ‘gentle parenting’? 42:44 - 53:43 - What has caused the rise of poor teen mental health? 53:43 - 57:50 - Gender dysphoria and mental health 57:50 - Concluding thoughts #UnHerd #AbigailShrier #BadTherapy