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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids just entered college. When they were in high school I would check their phones regularly, texts, photos, everything. I used to joke with them that they weren't even doing half the crap we did in the 80s. I think there is some research though that backs it up as well.

However I would argue that these kids are more stressed and as a result have more mental health issues.

I'll also co-sign on the drinking in college - that seems definitely worse these days. [/quote]

I don't think kids have more mental health issues. I do think we/schools coddle them into thinking it's OK to display mental health problems, and that there's a certain subculture in which some of them wallow in it know it's a way to get attention if they start talking about self-harm, [b]etc. [/quote][/b]

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it's just okay to see help now .. you guys are crazy if you think kids are seeking attention. [/quote]

See, someone who buys into that bullshit wouldn't throw around the word "crazy" so cavalierly.

[b]Just wait until they spend an entire month on things like suicide prevention in high school. It's complete overkill and it's counterproductive. There's a fine line between awareness and fetishizing it, and I am afraid that a lot of the "awareness" activities cross it. Factor in entertainment (series like 13 Reasons Why and other movies that sort of glamorize mental illness) and social media with access to cesspools like Reddit, and, yes, it's hard to separate the legitimately mental ill from the attention seekers.  Some of these kids just need to toughen up and suck it up and take some personal responsibility rather than be enabled by adults when they go looking for excuses for their poor behavior/performance, etc.[/b]
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I work with teens and this is absolutely true.  It doesn't apply to all teens of course, but there is definitely a sizable subculture that seems to glamorize being depressed.  There is a slight trendiness to it, at least in some quarters. [/quote]

Well there are a ton of unqualified people working with teens. [/quote]

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