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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a boring, played out generational trope. You can find dozens of this article written about millennials ten years ago. Not surprised the boomers are eating it up.[/quote]

“I didn’t really read it,  not am I aware of how toxic social media is, from[b] evidence based on peer reviewed studies[/b], but I can speak confidently out of my rear end. This entire topic is just old people bthcing about young people as has been done for centuries. There is no rise in anxiety among the young because I said said so and like I just want to chill and eat some fast food and like stop writing stuff.”[/quote]

This is actually quite funny  :lol:

But we do have to be wary of academia and their never ending studies. They have a study for everything. And only if we listened to all of their studies, our lives would be perfect. There is intense pressure on these people to come up with research that is earth shattering. Then of course we have to accept the results 100% because it is science. And then 10 years later there is a new study that disproves the old study. But it is a lot better than pulling stuff out of butt ha[/quote]

I disagree. Common sense as well as various peer reviewed studies confirm that many young people are struggling mentally and emotionally since social media has becomes wide spread part of growing up.

I see the differences in my own children - older child young millennial and just escaped the ubiquity of social media while younger DC in HS struggles much more. We were able to control social media before the pandemic but once they were on computer all day for virtual learning, it was extremely difficult to control. Younger DC has so many friends and acquaintances who are struggling also with all the issues the article raised.

The evidence is there. Mental health facilities for teens are full. Wait lists for teen psychiatrists and good therapists are long. Teen Psych units are bustling. Attempted suicides, suicides, self harm, vaping/ substance abuse and eating disorders are way up. The social media poisoning has been especially destructive for girls. So much subtle and non subtle misogyny online. No wonder so many more teen girls want to change genders.

This stuff is real and the shoot the messenger antics represent vapid denialism. [/quote]

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