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So many comments here are of the belief that "it's not the phones, it's the doom of the real world! Climate change, inflation, recession -- this is all bad for
by maxdoop 3y ago
So many comments here are of the belief that "it's not the phones, it's the doom of the real world! Climate change, inflation, recession -- this is all bad for mental health of our kids."
And I just want to ask if any of these people every met any real child.
Imagine you are 14. You hear the climate isn't doing too hot, but then you pull out your phone and see your classmate getting tons of attention for some post he made on social media. Meanwhile, your own post has barely any likes.
Which is going to bother you more? Climate change, or the social media sadness?
- makeitdouble 3y agoTeenagers actually ask their parents what it means for them that whole countries don't give a shit about the future of the planet. Of course they care about their social circle and how they're seen in the world. But people tend to forget that it's also the age where they try really hard to understand the world in general, what kind of like awaits them, what it means to grow up, etc. As a society we constantly ask teenagers to think about the future, and most of them actually think pretty hard about what it means for them to become adults and what world they'll live in.
- hardware2win 3y agoI dont believe that it isnt tiny %
- makeitdouble 3y agoI think there's a large gap between what teenagers think and care about, and what they'll show to adults + how they express what they think. Sometimes I feel most people's image of a teenager anxious about their future is some hippy kid with a "save the earth" sign in front of a Starbucks. I think it's probably more a very irritable and groaning kid who's pissed at adults but just doesn't see what they could even do so just spend their time hanging out with their other distressed friends.