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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel so terrible sad for this generation of kids.

I’m an immigrant. When I was a teenager we lived in an 8 million city.  Me and all the other teenagers roamed the city going to cafes, bars, restaurants, clubs, people’s parties in apartments, country clubs.

We didn’t have much money, but taxis were cheap and friends had cars. I felt safe walking around alone at night.

I was a shy introvert , but I saw my friends practically every day. We had a blast.

When I came to America years ago and to this day I think it’s an incredibly lonely society with everyone tucked away in their suburban homes.  Kids are lonely too. My child sees friends once a month and they can’t just pick up and go, I have to drive them.

Elderly are lonely. So many people on anxiety meds and antidepressants.  It’s just the way we live here is off.

If you go to France you will see streets full of people socialising over dinners and in parks. American streets are so empty.[/quote]

American born and raised. I agree 100%. I feel such a loss for my kids, though they don't seem to know the difference.[/quote]

My kids and all of their friends socialize regularly. I think a lot of parents with kids who don’t, tell themselves that “things have changed” so they don’t have to face the fact that there is something maybe lacking in their kids social skills. Things aren’t like when we were kids but it’s not drastically different.  I think some kids just have poor social skills and inability to follow through. They might make it happen later in college or they might just be perpetual duds in front of a screen, but persisting in thinking this is normal is probably not helping.[/quote]

I think you're generalizing to suit your narrative about what the home body kids are doing v. the kids who are hanging out a lot with friends.  The kids at home might be reading or doing other valuable things and the kids out and about a lot might be getting into trouble for all you know.  The point is, one lifestyle isn't inherently better as a default.[/quote]

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