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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not your son, it’s the culture they are growing up in- video games, graphic novels, YouTube, low quality school curriculums, low expectations. You’re not alone in feeling this way, promise. [/quote]

You know there’s something to it. But if he at least excelled in the low quality curriculum... [/quote]

Why do people talk about it as though they have no control over how their kids consume this culture? My son is not allowed to play video games except during the weekends. His private school sets high expectations, so he has to read all the time. He’s surrounded by smart, high-achieving kids so that’s the norm. He plays multiple sports and that’s what his peer group does, so he has limited time for YouTube and video games. He loves graphic novels and manga, but they’d part of his reading, not all of it.

Blaming it on the culture sounds like a parental cop out. [/quote]

IQs have been increasing over the past 20 years. [/quote]

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