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> The kids are smarter than most people give them credit for When they aren't consumed by TikTok?
by grvdrm 6mo ago
> The kids are smarter than most people give them credit for
When they aren't consumed by TikTok?
- ikr678 6mo agoFor some kids, they see their parents get themselves in a mountain of college debt, work for 50 years and struggle to afford necessities, and decide maybe trying to be a streamer/tiktokker is worth a gamble and could set them up for life instead.
- grvdrm 6mo agoMakes sense. I think it’s hard to argue against someone that uses the platform and others as an example of entrepreneurial pursuits. Not “all social media is bad” when to use different lens types.
- ryandrake 6mo agoIt's the modern day "I'm going to be a hollywood actor." Every one of my kid's friends has said at some point they were going to grow up to be a famous YouTube or TikTok streamer. The vast majority are not serious, and of those who are serious, the vast majority won't make it.
- eloisius 6mo agoYou might be surprised by how many of them are aware of the harms of social media, while acknowledging that it’s impossible not to engage with it. It’s not their fault we built the toxic slot machine world for them that we have. And besides, I’m pretty sure my boomer parents spend about as much time scrolling slop on Facebook as kids do on TikTok.
- grvdrm 6mo agoOh, parents no better. I have friends that do nothing other than check TikTok in down time. I do what I can to block and gate my own usage.