Well, that's infinitely better than a lot of "criticism" I receive. So far only from people who seem to think the very _idea_ of trying to investigate whether something is true is a heresy.

Lots of them came out of the woodwork concerning corporal punishment.

Feeling a bit slow on a subject is always preferable to giving up and assuming superiority.

I mean, yeesh.

*nods*
I can see that. I tend to avoid the comments section on YT because I very rarely find anything useful there.
I do have a question for you though.
I want to get more into the habit of reading actualy study papers, but I rarely have the paitence and knowledge to do so.
I have read 10-15 papers to date and the rest of my knowledge on the subject comes from reading books on the subject. (Dawkins, Pinker, Buss etc..)
So how have you found is a good way to help yourself read more?

@Wojak I really enjoyed your videos on loneliness, by the way, mate.

Second, I have a hard time finding papers about a subject and the studies I have read are mostly given to me from other videos.
How do you 'discover' papers on a subject beyond some google-fu on google scholar?

I studied adolescent development for school and only recently started returning to the subject; rather worried about the comparative absence of studies since the 2000s.

That's iffy. I've always read more than anyone else I've ever known. From fiction, to history, and so forth. I don't know how to "cultivate" it without a natural sense of obsession for learning. I read because I have to. Or I won't figure out how to know what's true or false. More information means more to work with. Means less mistakes. It means the best possible chance of seeing as much of the world as possible - and definitely do not discount fiction for this. Far better philosophy is written in fiction than in university.

Adolescent development isn't "kool" since they found out none of their studies on interventions validated. Buuut they still do on young children. Tabula Rasa springs eternal.

Hence why all those intervention studies try reaaaaaaaaaal hard to never longitudinally check beyond childhood.

And anyone who does realizes interventions do nothing.

Also, it's my general sense that people _hate_ teenagers.

Yeah I... learned that the hard way during 'rehab center' internships and a couple youth ministry groups that served as forced counseling for local juvies.

Any wonder teenagers hate the world. Everyone hates them by default.

Told outright we weren't there to "fix" anyone, only to manage them.

It's pretty despicable how we treat adolescents.

Yeah, makes good sense why they've got a chip on their shoulders about it.

Anyone would, treated with such neglect or, even worse, dismissal.

"Oh, you're learning how to figure out the world? Fuck off until you do"

_So helpful_

I can at least say, up until 2012, neglect is the modus operandi for how to deal with "criminals" and "recidivists" under 18.

Well, that and the rape.

Lots of that going on.

But as long as men are the ones being raped, who cares?

Yeah, that's strictly off-limits and a catch-22 for the clinic.

Highest rape stats in the nation aren't prison. It's Juvie.

Yep.

That's the sick thing: Prisoners have recourse to the law.

The law rolls its eyes at teenagers.

And if the clinics don't address it, it festers. If they do, the clinic will be pulled from the roster of places for kids to go when they're booted back out.

The law would have to look at teenagers to roll its eyes at them, might be more accurate.

I suspect more than several mysterious shank implements have been introduced to rape victims by someone's under-the-table idea of "fixing" the problem without reporting it.

Knew more than a few kids with known histories of parental abuse, immediately returned home on house arrest.

Fixes two problems, right? Who cares if the criminal gets more time, right?

I know how this shit works. And there's a reason I have zero respect for the law.

Yep; patch the pipe. No one cares if the water's clean, stop the leak and move on.

You also see a lot of victims of Munchausen's by proxy.

"He's crazy. No really."

And how does a _not_ crazy teenager prove his _mother_ is the insane one? He doesn't.

He's never given the chance.