Puberty blockers given to children may lower their IQs

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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

I was going to joke that perhaps they were dumb to begin with but the article is saying that it actually drops per person... Yikes

[–]jet199 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

It literally drops an amount in some cases where a kid could go from being able to hold down a job to needing live in carers.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it caused arrested brain development.

[–]Haylstorm 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There's a reason hormones/teenage years are rough. Lots of changes in that time. Removing that melting pot does seem like the brain doesn't get what it's needed.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Just seems like an all around bad idea to me. Five year old kid gets puberty way to early? Sure puberty blockers until they are a bit older seems like it's a good idea. Sticking kids on them until they turn 18 to "put off puberty" until they are old enough to make a decision? Um the kid hasn't gone through puberty they aren't mature and therefore how can they make a decision at all?

To say anything of whether or not they work like that. Will puberty even start up again at 18? Seems like a big problem to start messing with that.

I see a lot of the complaints the trans kids have like "being forced to go through puberty against their will" and I'm all like, yeah growing up sucks don't it.

Maybe the next Peter Pan adaptation should have all the pirates be drag queens or something. Could work actually. Hey kids this is what happens to you if you never grow up.

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I see a lot of the complaints the trans kids have like "being forced to go through puberty against their will" and I'm all like, yeah growing up sucks don't it.

"I didn't ask to be born"

No, you didn't, but you were born so suck it up snowflake.

"I didn't want to be a mammal dependent on breathing oxygen every few seconds. Why can't I be a chlorine-breather from another galaxy?"