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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like my teens want good jobs handed to them, ones where they can basically sit around and get paid, and they don't want to struggle to find or keep the job. But then that's what they see on social media, so I really can't very well tell them how important I believe the struggle is to their long term character building. They'll just say I'm old and out of touch.[/quote]

[b]It does seem like many kids aspire to grow up and become YouTubers and TikTokers after watching Mr. Beast and other social media stars.[/b]  What they don't see is often the YEARS of hard work it took to create interesting content, on an almost daily basis, promote the channel, get sponsors, etc...

Not saying ALL kids, or even a majority of kids do this, but I think many here on DCUM would agree that an excessive amount of social media use can contribute to distorted perspectives on what it means to "work".[/quote]

This isn’t new though — this is like all the kids I knew growing up who wanted to be Michael Jordan or to perform on Broadway.  Some of them managed to get jobs at basketball or theatre camps; most of them just worked at subway like the rest of us and just talked a lot of hot air.  It’s pretty normal for teens to be overly ambitious and for parents to tell them that’s all very well but they need a job now and they need to work hard on prepping for their ambitions if their serious about them.[/quote]

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