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doesn't that headline essentially say "teenagers damage teenagers' mental health"? Don't most teenagers spend most of their time socializing with other teenage
by jp555 6y ago
doesn't that headline essentially say "teenagers damage teenagers' mental health"?
Don't most teenagers spend most of their time socializing with other teenagers?
My pre-internet teenage "social networking" was full of traumatic times. Has that not been the case of teenagers forever?
I guess this study is reporting an measurable increase above the "normal" amount? That seems like it would be very hard to measure.
- MattGaiser 6y agoIndeed. I always find it strange when people are shocked by bullying in schools or teenagers being jerks to each other. Didn't everyone witness that? Every single person at my high school could tell you who was bullied.
- jp555 6y agoAt least with us geezers there's no trace of it ... now nothing gets deleted. That's a new stress for sure.
- vulcan01 6y agoI don't think people my age (high school) fully understand > nothing gets deleted Mean people say and do equivalent things on social media as in person. Although, I must say, this lockdown is probably a blessing to those who are consistently bullied at school, as now they're able to at least physically avoid them.
- mtippett 6y agoNo they don't. The toxic communities that exist have a mixture of no-clue 11 year olds with minimal parental supervision (or parental supervision that's failing) through to young adults who found a community that can reflect their feelings back. Eg: the proana/edtwt communities are clearly children just working things out to young adults getting followings and interaction with a community. It sickens me to see a post from a 23 yr old spouting how to hide ED from your parents by doing the following... Or using subliminals to change the shape of your nose.
- jp555 6y agoHow do you know this to be true?