Children who are encouraged to use language like like "trauma" and "harm" to describe normal hardships and difficult but manageable setbacks end up becoming college students who lack resilience and intellectual rigor. |
This. |
As well as those who are allowed to be picky about car colors when they are teenagers and not paying for the car. |
+1 She's a nut job |
+1 |
Wait what? Why does a picture of Charlize Theron accompany a description of a “Puerto Rican magat” |
So, it doesn’t negate my statement. |
Childhood obesity is 80% nurture and 20% nature. |
A dear friend of mine is a germaphobe and keeps an immaculate household at all times, has her kids wash his hands after touching anything in public, and has him use hand sanitizer constantly….this kid gets sick SO frequently it’s crazy. I can’t help but think that the constant disinfecting has prevented him from developing a strong immune system. |
Yes. 100% can get behind this theory. |
Hahah I love this. Never thought of the first part this way. I just thght that perhaps it's more obvious in modern society due to internet, decline of physical labor jobs etc. Fascinating! |
I worry about skin cancer and don’t mind sunscreen. I think with our longer lives, we’re more at risk for getting it in our 70s-80s.
And by then there’s not as much we can do. For me it’s prevention. 39 and I have a spot that i treat under a derm’s care. I’ve been great with spf since age 20, but the damage was already done. Anyway, not to take away from anyone’s theories!! But that’s why I don’t mind the chemicals. I try to stick with good brands. I still get sun exposure without it often enough, too. |
That’s because they died from anaphylaxis in childhood. |
🤯 |
Any theory on why girls are developing sooner but boys aren’t? My child’s 5th grade girls are all growing, in puberty. Boys are so young and like little boys. The 5th graders are like 8th graders from my time. |