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> In Anglo cultures kids aren't usually moving away from home until they are at least ~18 years old. This is not a factor in teenagers feeling isolated. But it
by steve_adams_86 2y ago
> In Anglo cultures kids aren't usually moving away from home until they are at least ~18 years old. This is not a factor in teenagers feeling isolated.
But it’s more than a single generation thing. If you live for 18 years in a family that has only recently put down roots in a new place, you won’t have family around, unlikely to have as many family friends around, etc. Community will likely be sparse and colder.
You essentially get a generational social debt put onto kids, over and over. It appears that cohesion is lost, pro-social behaviour decreases, focus on less social activity increases, and so on.
- diordiderot 2y agoIn the American South community is as easy as picking a church and going to your kids public school sporting events. Are there problems, of course, like all societies. But it's easy and it works.
- genghisjahn 2y agoSame thing works in Philadelphia.
- xocnad 2y agoThis presupposes both an interest in religion and organized sports.
- achierius 2y agoAt least w.r.t. the latter point, you shouldn't need to be interested in sports to be interested in your kid's sporting events. Spoiler: nobody likes t-ball, but they do like their kids enough to go to the t-ball games anyways.
- Slava_Propanei 2y ago[dead]
- Suppafly 2y ago>This presupposes both an interest in religion and organized sports. Sorta but not really. Lots of people just fake it for the community aspects.
- tekknik 2y agoWith this mindset you likely wouldn’t live in the south anyway as you’d end up miserable. Just like a southerner living in CA.