It must be a cold day in hell because the Biden administration has just said something sensible.

Joe Biden's surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, went on CNN to explain that 13-year-olds

are simply too young to be on social media.

What is the right age for a child to start using social media?

I worry that right now, if you look at the guidelines from the platforms,

that age 13 is when kids are technically allowed to use social media.

But there are two concerns I have about that. One is, I personally, based on the data I've seen

believe that 13 is too early. And I think that it's a time, you know, early adolescence where

kids are developing their identity, their sense of self. It's a time where it's really important

for us to be thoughtful about what's going into how they think about their own self-worth and

their relationships and the skewed and often distorted environment of social media often

does it to serve as so many of those children. But the other concern I have is that these rules

around age are inconsistently implemented. Completely correct, couldn't possibly agree more.

But Murthy's position on social media for children seems a little strange when you consider it

alongside his position on transgenderism for children. Back in March, surgeon general Murthy said,

quote, yesterday afternoon in Austin, I met with transgender youth and their parents to hear

how they are coping in light of the state's recent directive equating gender affirming care

to child abuse. LGBTQ plus youth were already at increased risk of suicide and other mental

health struggles. We should be seeking to provide them with support and medical care. The Texas

directive threatens to do the opposite, forcing parents to choose between following medical advice

for their child and risking an investigation from the state is simply not right. The government

shouldn't be interfering with decisions between doctors and patients. In other words,

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