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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since the advent of social media, exacerbated by the pandemic, college suicides and mental health issues among college students have become a crisis. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with giving occasional guidance/help to your child. Teens don’t have the cognitive wherewithal to be left completely on their own volition. The fact of the matter is that their brains are not yet fully developed especially the frontal lobe that deals with executive function (moral judgements) until their mid 20’s. It’s like forcing a child to walk when they’re not physiologically ready yet. [/quote]

I mean, one could argue that mental health issues are made worse by meddlesome, hand-holding parents who habitually smooth the road in front of their kids. They’re on their own for the first time but they’ve never had the opportunity to work through problems or inconveniences—not even tiny ones, like where to find Advil if your head hurts—and they crumble.[/quote]

The operative word is “occasional” guidance and help. [/quote]

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