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Self reported effects seem questionable to me. Having two kids, I know that they think sitting in bed all day, every day on their screens is often what they wan

by meany 3y ago

Self reported effects seem questionable to me. Having two kids, I know that they think sitting in bed all day, every day on their screens is often what they want to do. But that doesn't mean its healthy. As another example, I doubt as a teenager that I would have acknowledge, even to myself, that my - admittedly mild - alcohol use was bad for me.

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> Self reported effects seem questionable to me. Youth mental health studies are typically based on self-reported data because the person who is in a place to report on that head - is the person with that head. > Having two kids, I know that they think sitting in bed all day, every day on their screens is often what they want to do What else is there for youth to do? Over a few generations, adults have systematically erased every sq foot of free-range land. In it's place are 2 ft wide walking strips lined by 40mph 2 ton death blocks. We've pumped every head full of fully-false stranger risk. We've positioned kids and parents alike to make sure kids have 0 minutes a year of ability-building, unsupervised time. We've fairly well wiped out extended families and insured every kid is raised by never more than two adults who work full time, with anyone who might have better parenting experience buffered safely away from the people who need it. In short, we've wiped out everything that built self-sufficiency in kids and replaced it with systems that repeatedly punish for kid-level transgressions and make sure those penalties harm them as much as possible. And for good measure there's always a ton of adults going on endlessly about how much today's youth suck.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  >Over a few generations, adults have systematically erased every sq foot of free-range land. In it's place are 2 ft wide walking strips lined by 40mph 2 ton death blocks. This is largely an American problem, but it's worth noting that in many places in America, these "walking strips" actually don't exist at all! So depending on where you are and where you want to walk, there might be no safe way to do so; sidewalks are frequently haphazardly placed or an afterthought, if they're there at all. In many municipalities, homeowners actively petition the city to not have any sidewalks, because they don't want to deal with the legal liabilities that result from having them in one's yard. Anyway, overall I agree. In America, there really is nothing else for youth to do, so they should just stay home and play video games. Prospective parents who don't want this for their kids should either abstain from having children until the country gets its act together, or move to a country that's better for raising children.

by meany 3y ago

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago

> Self reported effects seem questionable to me. Youth mental health studies are typically based on self-reported data because the person who is in a place to report on that head - is the person with that head. > Having two kids, I know that they think sitting in bed all day, every day on their screens is often what they want to do What else is there for youth to do? Over a few generations, adults have systematically erased every sq foot of free-range land. In it's place are 2 ft wide walking strips lined by 40mph 2 ton death blocks. We've pumped every head full of fully-false stranger risk. We've positioned kids and parents alike to make sure kids have 0 minutes a year of ability-building, unsupervised time. We've fairly well wiped out extended families and insured every kid is raised by never more than two adults who work full time, with anyone who might have better parenting experience buffered safely away from the people who need it. In short, we've wiped out everything that built self-sufficiency in kids and replaced it with systems that repeatedly punish for kid-level transgressions and make sure those penalties harm them as much as possible. And for good measure there's always a ton of adults going on endlessly about how much today's youth suck.

midoridensha 3y ago
>Over a few generations, adults have systematically erased every sq foot of free-range land. In it's place are 2 ft wide walking strips lined by 40mph 2 ton death blocks. This is largely an American problem, but it's worth noting that in many places in America, these "walking strips" actually don't exist at all! So depending on where you are and where you want to walk, there might be no safe way to do so; sidewalks are frequently haphazardly placed or an afterthought, if they're there at all. In many municipalities, homeowners actively petition the city to not have any sidewalks, because they don't want to deal with the legal liabilities that result from having them in one's yard. Anyway, overall I agree. In America, there really is nothing else for youth to do, so they should just stay home and play video games. Prospective parents who don't want this for their kids should either abstain from having children until the country gets its act together, or move to a country that's better for raising children.