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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social media is a red herring.

Teenagers need agency and freedom.

My best times in high school involved alcohol, sex, driving, or drugs.

Kids here nowadays are depressed because their parents are honing them for life as accountants, corporate lawyers, or consultants from an early age.

Without transgression or stretching boundaries there is no growth and no joy.[/quote]

Freedom? Who paid for your car? Do you know how much cars and gas cost in 2022?

Fortunately, we’re more aware of the environmental costs of cars now.[/quote]

Please just stop.  My daughter has $3,000 in her bank account and she is 12.  She dog sits, mother helper, and saves money from birthdays.  She will get a job just like her older sister and be responsible for MANY things BEFORE she leaves my house.  One of those is getting a car.  We split the cost of the car and we pay insurance and they pay for gas.  We have had no issues.  If they don't work and don't save, they don't get a car. Her sister was a 2 season varsity player and still was able to work on weekends, make honor roll, and drive around and see friends when she wanted.

And for those that don't have a car, buses are still free and Metro is cheap.  But my guess is most parents won't let their 16yr old either of those to go hang out with friends.

The notion that kids all need to be taken care of, helped out, and kept at home safe until they go off to college IS the root cause of why so many kids use their screens so much and hang out on Snap Chat instead of in person.  It is 100% the parent's fault.  100% [/quote]

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