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Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:25 pm to Richard Grayson
Amazing what modern man has become - stuck inside, stuck to computers/phones, no sense of a God with morals, never any hard work or sweat, never caught a fish, no father around to guide, sissy boys. No real men or very few.
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Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:28 pm to Giantkiller
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But frick man. What are we doing to ourselves? How do we stop it?
Get kids off the damn phones and social media. It gives bullies access to them 24 hours a day and there’s been multiple studies recently showing how social media warps reality in the adolescent brain. Kids place their whole self worth on the amount of views and likes they get
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:30 pm to Giantkiller
Social media combined with a metric shite ton of unnecessary pharmaceuticals prescribed to ppl that are much too young
Yes, in cases medication is needed but far too often the pills are thrown at kids instead of addresssing the causes through therapy and family therapy/counseling
Wouldn't hurt if mom and dad could stay married and involved more often either but that's a another story
Yes, in cases medication is needed but far too often the pills are thrown at kids instead of addresssing the causes through therapy and family therapy/counseling
Wouldn't hurt if mom and dad could stay married and involved more often either but that's a another story
This post was edited on 5/1/23 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:32 pm to 9Fiddy
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Get kids off the damn phones and social media.
That's not going to work.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:34 pm to Mo Jeaux
I think it's relatively easy to keep a 9 yr old off smartphones but a 16-17 yr old? Good luck
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:35 pm to tigafan4life
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My daughter lost a classmate on Saturday to suicide. Kid was well liked, sports player and smart.
Awful situation. Rumor is he was expelled shortly before.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:35 pm to Giantkiller
Society glorifies mental illness.
Suicides increase.
This shouldn’t shock anyone.
Suicides increase.
This shouldn’t shock anyone.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:37 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:take it away
I think it's relatively easy to keep a 9 yr old off smartphones but a 16-17 yr old?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:38 pm to Giantkiller
It’s rocked Baton Rouge quite a bit over the last few months. It’s crazy to think that kids view it as a way out. The influence of social media is 1000% at fault for this
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:40 pm to GreenRockTiger
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take it away
I think kids that age will find a way to use social media etc behind your back unless you keep them locked in their room.
It's like thinking that you can prevent them from having sex or experimenting with drugs.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:41 pm to Cash
No. That isn’t true.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:41 pm to fallguy_1978
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I think it's relatively easy to keep a 9 yr old off smartphones but a 16-17 yr old? Good luck
Are you their parent or their friend? It’s easier than you think to say “no more phone” and it’s easier than that to not introduce one in the first place. And by easy I mean to say and do. The kids will definitely flip their shite. But it’s a parent’s job to protect them, not make them happy by giving them what they want.
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Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:42 pm to Giantkiller
I think that young people don’t know how to handle adversity too well. I’m sure there are many reasons for why that is, but most young people are used to having whatever they want. Have never been told no. Then they find out that a girl doesn’t want them and doesn’t like them. This business doesn’t want to hire them or fired them. A family member who once loved you goes off the deep end and doesn’t want anything to do with you anymore. There are certain lessons I think humans are supposed to learn in their younger years that end up preparing you for adversity, that these kids just don’t get anymore.
It seems to be rather meaningless stuff in the grand scheme of things, and young people have a hard time looking at the big picture, or into the future. It’s hard for them to deal with the in the moment adversity we face as human beings. There are many causes for the increase in suicides among young people, but I think this is one contributor to that. This is coming from a young person as well.
It seems to be rather meaningless stuff in the grand scheme of things, and young people have a hard time looking at the big picture, or into the future. It’s hard for them to deal with the in the moment adversity we face as human beings. There are many causes for the increase in suicides among young people, but I think this is one contributor to that. This is coming from a young person as well.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:43 pm to 9Fiddy
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Are you their parent or their friend? It’s easier than you think to say “no more phone” and it’s easier than that to not introduce one in the first place. And by easy I mean to say and do. The kids will definitely flip their shite. But it’s a parent’s job to protect them, not make them happy by giving them what they want.
There are 17 yr olds in college. The article references 15-19 yr olds.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:45 pm to fallguy_1978
Solid point. I’m specifically referencing HS kids.
And the poster above just nailed it too. Kids are so protected from failure or the perception of how to deal with failure that when anything goes sideways they can’t deal with it.
And the poster above just nailed it too. Kids are so protected from failure or the perception of how to deal with failure that when anything goes sideways they can’t deal with it.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:45 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:I guess but I think it depends on parenting style
I think kids that age will find a way to use social media etc behind your back unless you keep them locked in their room. It's like thinking that you can prevent them from having sex or experimenting with drugs.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:45 pm to 9Fiddy
I think you just need to have a good balance and a very open dialogue with your kids about social media. I make my 16 year old put her phone in my room at night because she doesn’t need it all night long. There isn’t anything good that will happen at 1 am on social media. But I also know that is how she connects with friends (snap and Instagram). She for the most part is fine with that (she doesn’t have a choice) and I have drilled in her head that she needs to stop caring what a bunch of teenagers think of her. When you grow up high school is such a dot in your whole world and you realize that shite was lame and life is much funner when you don’t give a frick about what people think or say about you.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:51 pm to 9Fiddy
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Solid point. I’m specifically referencing HS kids.
I was an extremely wild teenager. It's not something I'm particularly proud of at this age and I regret putting my dad through hell for several years. But outside of sending me to military school, I don't know what else he could have done.
Thankfully I snapped out of it and became a productive adult.
My 16 year old could easily go turn the alarm off and sneak out of her window tonight and I'd never know she was gone most likely. I think kids that age push boundaries and do a lot of things their parents don't know about, even those with strict parents.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:52 pm to fallguy_1978
I hear every step in this house. Hell I think I hear the alarm going off all the time. She would be shite out of luck trying to sneak out. I also don’t give her a reason to sneak out. She has enough freedom and if she wants to act a fool she will lose that freedom reallllllll fast.
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