Bad Therapy

There is a Reason podcast and transcribed interview with Abigail Shrier, criticizing much of what passes for psychological therapy, especially as applied to children, and as forced on them in the schools as “social-emotional learning.” She is not opposed to therapy of any kind under any circumstances, but does think that great harm is done by, inter alia, pressuring children to think of themselves as traumatized and incapable, and to obsess over their own emotional states, instead of pulling up their socks and accomplishing things. Real accomplishments, such as learning math or excelling in athletics, would not only contribute to their education, but give them a sense of self-efficacy, which is different from the unearned “self-esteem” that pop psychology claims is good for them.

I was impressed enough to go to Barnes & Noble, and buy a copy of her book, Bad Therapy. Whether or not I would agree with her in every particular, I think she makes a number of excellent points, and her book deserves to be widely read.

The Gentle Reader may wish to look up what I wrote under the tag “Mental Health” back on May 21, 2020.

More Mendacity from the Donald

There were a number of falsehoods in an email from Dishonest Donald earlier this week. It purported to be from “President Donald J. Trump,” but the scoundrel hasn’t been President for more than three years.

Then it said, “I had my team comb through countless profiles of dedicated MAGA supporters. Yours truly stood out as one of the most impressive in AMERICA.” Of course, Trump didn’t do any such thing, and if he had, a flunky of his would have discovered that I am not and never have been a MAGA supporter, and that I have gone on record describing him as the Narcissistic Personality Disorder poster boy, and saying that calling him a loathsome oaf risked a libel suit from the Loathsome Oafs’ Antidefamation League.

As Trump might say: Sad.

But it is good to see that the Trumpublicans are desperate for funds.

The Red Queen’s Race

Someone filed an amendment recently, so I now have one amendment on my Amended docket.

I’ve been working on my oldest Regular New application, and have made good progress writing an Office Action, although I haven’t finished yet.