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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't take this thread seriously. My 13 yo is Gen Z and his only concern right now is really just sports and seeing his friends. You don't really know what this Gen will be like until another decade in.

It's like predicting how the 1962 Boomers would be based on the 1948 Boomers.[/quote]

I think you might be missing the point here.  Can you tell us:

- does your 13 year-old actually “see” his friends in person, and spend time in their physical presence, talking or doing other activities?

Or, are the majority of his interactions through social media “friends?”

There is a significant difference.[/quote]

Yes, he sees his friends in person. He's not really sophisticated enough for online activities to replace in person. He does get to play online games with his friends once a week for several hours.

He's not in social media yet, just texting using his school computer. (Really, he doesn't have a finsta account or anything. For various reasons, he's very truthful.) He may be an anomaly amongst his friends but amongst our friends, some who work in IT and such, they are raising their kids with a wary eye on social media.

But then again, I'm GenX. I remember a time before all of this. I'd like to give that awareness to my kid. [/quote]

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