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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don’t have a teen daughter struggling, congratulations!   You did it!  You avoided all the things that cause girls to experience a mental health crisis.  Your prize: you get to speculate on what causes these problems for all those other girls.  Their parents, mostly the moms, for allowing Social media in their lives, for not paying enough attention, for pressuring them to get good grades.  For you, this speculation is based on research studies you read - you get to be right no matter what you think because your daughter isn’t struggling.  You win.

If your daughter is struggling - I see you.  I am you.  I’m fighting this battle alone in my house just as you are fighting it alone in yours. Sadly, there are so many of us.  The people who aren’t in this fight don’t know or see it, and their ignorance and speculation just adds to the pain.  I wish we could connect because this is excruciating.  [/quote]

Stop blaming social media. It’s not that simple. [/quote]

OMG. JUST STOP.  Seriously??!?

You are obviously quite into your Insta or TikTok; you gave it to your kids, and now you feel guilty about it because you know you can’t stop.

It has a name:  addiction.

Social media is a major - if not THE major contributor to the teen suicide crisis right now.[/quote]

I have a suicidal daughter.  I have zero social media accounts myself, have never opened one.

My daughter has some social media accounts.  She's not a huge user of social media.  She is very aware of how toxic it is.

Her mental health issues were 100% caused by a sexual assault.

Does social media help? NO.  It is definitely NOT the cause.  And all the other girls we know who are struggling - it's not the cause for them either.

It doesn't sound like you have a kid who is struggling with serious mental health.  That's to be celebrated.  Truly.  But it also allows you to stand in judgement of things you know nothing about.  To make yourself feel like it can't happen to you.  Fine - that's your privilege.  But the judgement and ignorance in your post is astounding to those of us who are living this.[/quote]

CDC says one out of seven girls is raped. Most privileged parents just want to believe this can’t happen to their daughter. It’s more rampant than anyone wants to believe.

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And for those not raped, many are subjected to groping, harassment, molestation, to say nothing of the sexualization by men, and their feeling of entitlement to comment on their face, body, and appearance.  All without repercussion.[/quote]

Agreed. Boys must start learning as toddlers that no means no. What they’re typically learning is that if you pester a woman (mom) long enough, she’ll give up and let you do what you want.

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