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[quote=Anonymous][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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Mom-Mom R (my husbands grandmother) said back in her day male depression in males age 15-25 did not exist.  She said you would
see post partum depression in women after giving birth but she could not remember any example of male depression in the age 15-25 male
age group.  Her theory was that males were working hard.  They did farm work before school and then hard farm work after school.
After graduation they did hard physical labor on the farm from dawn to dusk.  She said you would see a male feel sad if he had a break up
before marriage but the male would move past it and meet someone else. She felt there was something about working outside
in the sunshine and hard physical work that was protective against depression.  This is just a hard working farm grandmother's 
theory about depression in males.

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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.

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.
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[b]OMG Teens are not on Reddit.[/b] FFS... Okay not crazy... stupid/daft/ignorant/self righteous... pick your fav.

I am so glad people like you are not in charge of the world, schools, doctors offices... I wonder how people become so ignorant. [/quote]

But they ARE, you dipshit. There are entire subreddits devoted to suicide ideation, how to do anorexia, etc etc. and teends DO hang out there.

And for the record, I AM in a position of authority, and I CAN tell the difference between a kid who is legitimately troubled and those who've just been conditioned by weak-ass adults who are afraid of upsetting them. You sound like the latter type. Can I suggest you buck up, learn to parent, and stop coddling so much? You're NOT doing them any favors.
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