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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depression is rampant among teens now. Is it due to the fact that the world is stressful? social media? broken families? pressure cooker environment at school? environmental pollution? I don't know.

[b]Adult supervision and support at home is crucial, but realistically how many people can afford that? [/b]

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A lot of people on this web site can afford it but they get shamed by other posters who think it is "useless" for parents to stay home during the teen years. Whenever I see that, I wonder if they remember what it is like to BE a teen or have met any teens lately. Teens are not adults. They may look like they are, but psychologically and emotionally they are far from grown.

Some are responsible and mature and can make good decisions for themselves but many (probably most) are not. They still need a lot of guidance, support, and supervision. [/quote]

Stop it.  Working parents can be supportive, provide guidance and supervision.  Stop with this argument that all teens need a stay at home mother.  They don't.  They need involved parents and activities outside of school that engage them.

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New Poster. That is not what that poster is saying. You need to stop being so defensive about working and READ the thread.[/quote]

Read it again.  A PP says who can afford to be home, i.e, how many people can afford to be a stay-at-home parent.  The second PP says, oh they can afford it but they've been convinced it's useless, they've forgotten what is like to be a teen and teens need lots of guidance, in other words, they need a stay at home parent.  If they agreed with the first PP they would have said so.  We all agree teens need guidance.  The argument is here is whether you have to stay at home to provide it.

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