“The land of the free”? An appalling new study finds most American parents confine children to house arrest Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| May 2026 Where are children and teenagers supposed to be? Not online. Not out in their communities. If they sat in a lotus in their rooms chanting ohm all day, legislators would
Everything we’re told about “teenage suicide” and “bullying” is wrong (part 2) Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| May 2026 The teenage “bullying” discussion is so disgusting it’s hard to write about. It reveals how depraved, cruel, uncaring – and yes, bullying – today’s authorities are in indulging smug hate speech toward young people to cover
Everything we’re told about “teenage suicide” and “bullying” is wrong (part 1) Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| May 2026 Let’s begin with “teenage suicide,” which I’ve written about before, with some new information on how derelict authorities are on this life-or-death issue. The first lie: suicide rates among teens are skyrocketing along with social media use, every news article and
Parents’ abuses and adversities loom so large in teenagers’ mental health that obsessing over social media is pointless, a new analysis of our top health survey shows. Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| May 2026 The real issue crusaders deploring social media never mention: Troubled homes drive today’s teenagers’ “mental health crisis” far more than previously
“Protect children” crusaders’ zeal to punish teenagers and social media now openly endangers young people Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| April 2026 The ban-teens-from-social-media movement has degenerated into rewarding violent real-life child abusers and officials who ignore predators. The awkward Jungianism “enantiodromia” describes the bizarre progression of ideological movements into their polar opposites just as
Our top health agency’s surveys found what really makes teenagers depressed. Authorities’ deafening silence said: no one cares Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| April 2026 A brief history of how the Centers for Disease Control got the memo: No more honest science; ignore real troubles in teens’ lives; just join the stampede to blame “social
The happy-sounding “World Happiness Report” is a reactionary anti-youth shill for authoritarian governments and Big Tech Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| April 2026 Its junk science and repressive recommendations hype social media’s “harm” to adolescents in order to obscure young people’s real issues that threaten corporate/government power. Just reading the benignly titled World Happiness Report 2026 reveals
The UK backs off banning social media for youths under age 16 (for now). Ban-teens alarmists are treating their defeat like Armageddon Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| April 2026 The total ban’s failure creates an “emergency,” a top UK official trumpets. “So what will protect kids online?” a liberal-media headline wails. The United Kingdom’s drastic Online
Los Angeles mental health authorities and media are hell-bent to convince teenagers they’re terrifyingly suicidal. Why? Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| April 2026 L.A.’s teens’ suicide rates are 60% below the national average and have plunged 40% since 1990 and 75% since 1970. Yet, LA experts and media frantically strive to persuade teens they’re suicidal.
High School and the Sports Spirit Complex Karen Sternheimer, Sociologist, USC| March 2026 I currently live about a block away from a large public high school. Students walk by sporting their school merch, including hats, t-shirts, and sweatshirts. During track meets, in addition to starter pistols, you can hear a wave of cheering from an
