In October, researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine published a paper showing a 389% increase in gender-affirming chest surgeries performed nationally from 2016 to 2019 on patients under age 18.

If you're looking for the fastest performance, the best battery life, the slimmest, lightest designs and top-notch display quality with an adequate screen size, expect to spend at least $1,000.  Above $1,000 is where you'll find premium laptops and two-in-ones.

Sling TV Blue: $35

Best for tighter budgets

Sling TV's $35-a-month Blue plan includes NBC, Fox and the NFL Network. Enter your address here to see which local channels are available where you live. NFL RedZone is also available for an extra $11 per month.

The new law, which has not been published in full, makes local governments responsible for ensuring that the twin pressures are reduced and asks parents to arrange their children's' time to account for reasonable rest and exercise, thereby reducing pressure, said the agency, and avoiding overuse of the internet.

Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a form of "spiritual opium", to clamping down on "blind" worship of internet celebrities.

Paramount Plus also offers exclusive originals such as Star Trek: Discovery, Picard and the Good Fight. , MTV, BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and Paramount Network, plus its Paramount Pictures movie studio.

"One of the false narratives is that young people are being lured in and directed somehow against their will to become transgender, which is not at all the case," said Dr Dan Karasic, professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco and lead author of the mental health chapter in WPATH´s new Standards of Care.

Anderson and other clinicians say the danger is that adolescents receive medical treatment, do not experience relief from their distress, and perhaps end up regretting the irreversible results of hormone therapy and top surgery.

Treatment guidelines issued by WPATH and other medical groups rely heavily on research from the Netherlands that studied children who exhibited persistent gender dysphoria from an early age and who had no serious psychiatric issues before receiving puberty blockers, hormones or surgery.

After several years of living as a boy and using "he" and him" pronouns, Kelly´s child, now 18, is back to using her female name, dressing in feminine clothing and using "she" and "her" pronouns. "We would have lost our daughter if we had followed what the therapist was telling us to do," the mother said.

As in previous seasons, Monday Night Football games will be on ESPN. Unlike last season, Prime Video is now the exclusive home to Thursday Night Football and the games are no longer available on Fox or NFL Network (though the games will be available on TV in teams' local markets). In addition, NFL Network will show three international games played in London and Munich this season.

Amazon Prime Video: $9

Thursday Night only

Thursday Night games, starting with Week 2, are available only on Amazon Prime Video. For millions of Amazon Prime subscribers, the Prime Video channel is already included at no extra cost. But if you're not a subscriber, it might be worth it to shell out the $9 a month for the stand-alone TV service fee.

YouTube TV: $65

Best for everything

For $65 a month, you'll get all the major football channels with YouTube TV. Plug in your ZIP code on YouTube TV's welcome page to see which local networks are available in your area. Plus, RedZone is available for an extra $11 per month.

Not every service offers all of them in every area, but the best streaming service for you will include the majority of what you love to watch, so it is worth shopping around. There's also the chance that a certain cable channel could disappear from a certain service after a network contract expires, which is what happened in 2020 with the regional sports networks. Each of the TV streaming services above offers a different mix of channels, so your first step should be choosing one that carries your "can't miss" cable channels and shows. The live TV streaming service lineups are in constant flux as networks scramble to secure access to popular channels (ones with highly watched original shows and regional sports networks are especially in demand). And some of the most important channels are locals, namely ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.

Additionally DirecTV Stream includes channels some other services can't, including . Although you'll want to make sure your channel is included, and not available on one of our preferred picks, before you pony up. For cord-cutters who want to follow their local NBA or MLB team, DirecTV Stream's $90 Choice package is our live TV sports pick because it has access to more regional sports networks than the competition.