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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are a lot of things going on.  I was seeing crazy high rates on anxiety and OCD and depression in these kids before the pandemic.  Then the pandemic didn’t help.  I also wonder whether the push to have kids so scheduled is also, in its way, isolating.  It seems like a lot of kids “socialize” through activities—clubs or sports.  They are very busy with those.  But are they developing real friendships?  The kind where they can just hang out and be themselves and talk about their hopes, dreams, worries?  My teen has sports practice most nights and is very ride of die with her sports team.  But would any of those kids be friends if the team disbanded?  I guess being busy with activities is better than just flipping through tiktok but it still doesn’t seem to me the same as the sort of friendships we had.  I hear all the time that the kids just sit on their phones or chromebooks at lunch — no one talks.  I drive carpool and the kids are mostly quiet on their phones unless I spark conversation by asking questions, which can sometimes get them talking amongst themselves. [/quote]
catch 22 -- more leisure time leads to more time on the phone.[/quote]

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