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Or just plain struggle for something. Great many of modern children live in an insulated world void of consequences.
by taksintikk 10y ago
Or just plain struggle for something.
Great many of modern children live in an insulated world void of consequences.
- Kenji 10y agoI disagree. There are plenty of consequences in a child's life. Probably more than there used to be. The problem is that they're stupid consequences that bear no resemblance with real life decision making and consequences. E.g. you get punished for throwing a snowball or if you play with hot candle wax. You get bad marks if you don't memorise arbitrary completely useless facts well enough.
- macspoofing 10y agoI think what s/he's saying is that kids are overprotected and don't learn to deal with adversity. For example, the anti-bullying campaigns went way too far. Way too far. Kids are stupid but still have to learn to solve their problems and they have to have the space to make mistakes. >You get bad marks if you don't memorise arbitrary completely useless facts well enough. Sure. But you still have to learn to deal with it. It's not enough to say public education sucks so you can just tune out.