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  • This house would significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programs (e.g. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioral therapy; hands-off strategies involving initiatives like training 911 call receivers or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence).

    Mastermind Chronicles 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-08

  • This house opposes the medicalization of naturally occurring biological processes in women (e.g., menstruation, menopause) in psychology

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    Medicalization is the process of treating previously non-medical issues as defined medical problems, such as a disease or disorder. Examples of this are Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), which is a mood disorder characterized by more extreme symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS); Menopause is also increasingly becoming medicalized and treated as a condition.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • This house supports the rise of pop psychology in the Philippines

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    Pop psychology pertains to the wide range of content about psychological concepts, terminology, therapy techniques, and such in popular culture. It focuses on the proliferation of self-help mechanisms such as online psychological tests, psychological advice, and discourse about mental health online.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • This house, as an immigrant parent, would raise their children using the Tiger Parenting model.

    Infoslide

    Tiger Parenting is a term which refers to strict or demanding parents who push their children to be successful academically by attaining high levels of scholastic and academic achievement, sometimes to the detriment of the child's social, psychological and emotional well-being.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-02

  • This house regrets the rise of Kidfluencers

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    Child influencers, or "kidfluencers", are children who create content on social media platforms and build large online followings. They typically share videos about their daily lives, toy reviews, challenges, and personal activities, often with their parents managing their accounts. Some examples may include, but are not limited to, Ryan Kaji whose YouTube channel is known as Ryan's World and Txunamy Ortiz, a 12-year-old social media star with 5.4 million Instagram followers. She's known for fashion content, lip-sync videos, and comedy skits.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house opposes the rise of self-diagnosis

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    As a response to an increasing quantity of content surrounding mental health and wellness on social media, “self-diagnosing” is an act in which an individual self-identifies with disorders, often related to mood and cognition such as anxiety, depression, and even more chronic conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-02

  • This house supports the lying flat movement in developing countries

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    Lying flat is a social movement that began in China around 2021. It emerged as a passive form of resistance among young people who are against intense work culture. Faced with rising living costs and rigid social expectations, some individuals choose to disengage from traditional life milestones such as career advancement, home ownership, and starting a family. Instead, they opt for minimalist lifestyles focused on rest, autonomy, and personal well-being.

    Grassroots Debate Open Pre-NDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • This house would prefer to be born with HSAM

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    Hyperthymesia (HSAM) is a rare condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid detail.

    APIIT ISDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-29

  • This house supports narratives that primarily attribute the tragedy of the youth to the state

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    The tragedy of the youth refers to the current generation Gen Z and young Millennials) experiencing directionlessness, disillusionment, and disempowerment. They face challenges such as social isolation, identity struggles, technological overload, and uncertain futures

    Humanities Open 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-07-26

  • This house, as Martin, will not continue to work on the next novel.

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    Martin is an author that had released 5 books in a highly popular fantasy series which had it last book published in 2011. Since then he has been working on the next book without a confirmed release date. In the meantime he has published several prequels and executive produced for TV show spin-offs of his property as well as producing for shows and video games not related to this popular series. Fans are critical of his slow pace of writing. He announced that he has 2/3rds of the next novel written (showing some written chapters as teasers) but is suffering from a writer's block.

    Humanities Open 2025 · Novice Grand Final · 2025-07-26

  • This house opposes the resurgence of 'emo culture' in the entertainment industry

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    Emo Culture is characterized by its emotional intensity and the focus on themes of angst, introspection and vulnerability

    Glasgow Summer Cup 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-19

  • This House believes that parents should respond to children's displaced aggression with gentle redirection (i.e., emotional validation, encourage emotional regulation) rather than firm discipline (i.e., setting clear boundaries, behavioral correction)

    Indo-Pacific Pre-ABP 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-19

  • This house supports The Creation of PEAD

    Infoslide

    Personal Emotion Altering Device (PEAD) is a chip installed in human brain that can change the emotional response and natural feelings through specific electrical impulses as instructed by the owner.PEAD takes over the natural human endocrine system and becomes the new controlling mechanism for all emotions and feelings experience by the user. Users have conscious awareness that the emotions are artificial due to disjointment with reality but do not emotionally experience them.

    Indo-Pacific Pre-ABP 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-19

  • This House Would prefer to be born with an exceptionally high level of self-awareness* *self-awareness is the natural ability of an individual to deeply know and understand their character, emotions, motives, and desires.

    International Debate Camp 2025 · Rodada 4 · 2025-07-19