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I don't get why this is framed as "nowadays". Bad stuff happened all around millennials too. I can has cheeseburger and related sites were huge almost as soon a
by viraptor 3y ago
I don't get why this is framed as "nowadays". Bad stuff happened all around millennials too. I can has cheeseburger and related sites were huge almost as soon as they launched in 2007. Then the same thing happened with much older generations as well - my parents and a lot of people from that generation repeated lines from old political comedy shows - basically memes before the internet. Kilroy was a WW2 meme.
It's more "the same thing that always happened happens now, just increased by the presence of the internet".
- gchamonlive 3y ago> I don't get why this is framed as "nowadays". > "the same thing that always happened happens now, just increased by the presence of the internet". Didn't you answer yourself? It's not that teens never had stress before, the article explores how they are coping with stress increase.
- tmn 3y agoJonathan Haidt would argue that their coping mechanisms are not as well developed due to less unstructured play time (conflict resolution without appealing to an adult).
- sidlls 3y agoI'd agree with that assessment and go further. Their ability to manage basic self-care is impaired. I hesitate to use my generation (Gen X) as an example, because I think we were on an extreme of borderline neglect, but there's something about Gen Z/alpha that just screams borderline abuse on the other end of that spectrum.