This is an excellent response Amal — thank you for the information clarification. Truly there is a lot I don’t know about this but children are sacred. It sucks that kids have to suffer but also know well-meaning can also cause lasting damage.
Hate to admit being ‘ignorant’ but I’ve been around medical, academic & psychological professionals long enough to know the merits and folly thereof. Sadly I don’t have the faith, time, interest or vernacular to read these studies.
But I do know “figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” Scientific consensus is often just an opinion spun such to secure funding and/or perpetuate an belief.
In my 60yrs it’s become quite apparent the more money / studies we throw at world’s ill the more things get worse. It seems obvious to me that there are forces at play that are destroying humanity in the name of progress or conservatism.
If you take a look at the statistics what we’ve been doing isn’t working very well . Which then justifies more opinions/studies which in turn further obfuscate the simple truth that we need to love and respect each other and protect the innocent.