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[quote=Anonymous][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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100% agree.  I'm the PP you are quoting.  And my I didn't find out about my daughter's assault until 2 years after it happened.  If you think you would know. . you wouldn't.  [/quote]
My heart breaks for everyone who has been assaulted. I think maybe HS girls should have a speaker who is a sensitive female police officer. Do you think it’s a good idea for girls to hear from a legal aspect, what to do if a boy is assaulting them? How should they respond. And how to reduce vulnerability? [/quote]

How about we teach BOYS not to pressure girls into having sex? How about we teach BOYS about what consent really is?

Why are we putting the onus on girls to solve this problem that they didn't create and in fact cannot solve?[/quote]

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