Self-exploration, peer relationships, and preparing for adulthood are the hallmarks of a healthy teenage experience. But what if that time is being taken up with religious classes, choreographed relationships, and focusing on an external group's needs. In this episode, we explore what it means to be a youth, ages 12-18, in the Mormon church and the psychological damage of conformity and judgment.
Resources
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power
We Should All Be Feminists
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