What if anxiety&depression⬆️ in kids is not as much bc of phones&social media but more because of the rigged, senseless school system they function in, fraught with busywork, absurd behavior demands (don't move!), arbitrary grading, inflicted guilt
+no one having their backs😒
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as much as i'm sympathetic to this pov hasn't that stuff been around for a long time, so it wouldn't explain a *recent* increase? or has it actually gotten worse recently?
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my impression is that the busywork had a huge increase over the past twenty years. I've heard absurd stuff about how much homework kids get.
Then there's Covid and political turmoil, and I do think kids are very sensitive to the psychological state of their country...
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Agree and can confirm, watching my own kids, my friends' kids, and those I teach/tutor
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On the brightside, while covid accelerated a lot of terrible trends in childrearing, it also caused a lot of people to pull their kids out of school and explore other alternatives. Like 20% of kids dropped out, and while that's not strictly good, it does mean exploration happens
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