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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Peri needs are just as legitimate but should be within a broader mental health category. I actually took a permanent step back at work bc of peri since my work has no good options for my situation and no possibility of a real long vacation. [/quote]

They are not, and you know it. [/quote]

Are you talking about peri menopause? Aka 2nd puberty? We expect our kids to go to school, learn huge amounts of information, play travel sports, take high stakes tests, do chores, etc. during puberty. You can do your desk job.
- a 48yr old mom of kids under 10 and caretaker of her elderly parents [/quote]

DP. Yes, we expect that of our adolescents, but everything isn’t fine. Record numbers of kids and teens are suffering from anxiety, depression, and related illnesses.

It is no coincidence that many, if not most are living in a way that is in complete opposition to healthy circadian rhythms, healthy diet, relationships, expectations, and activity. [/quote]

FFS are you expecting them to check out of life for the duration of puberty? I think you're a troll at this point. 
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False dichotomy. There are a lot of options in between checking out of life and the life that many adolescents are living these days, waking up at 5am, jam packed days with school, sports practice, all the ECs that DCUM types have their kids do because T20 or bust, rinse and repeat. [/quote]

NP. Teenagers have been waking up at 5am since the dawn of time. You think kids one or two hundred years ago weren't waking up at 5AM and working all day? They were. Teenagers today do substantially less than they have at any other point in history.[/quote]

5AM? I doubt it. Not in pitch blackness. And not accompanied by the same kind of pressure to succeed that kids have now. Physically kids were more active, yes. But why would we even want to compare kids today with kids who started working in mills etc when they were 5 years old.

Why do you think school districts are making changes to schedules to allow teens to sleep more? Is that just for giggles?

Have you seriously never questioned why in spite of all the industrial, agricultural, and scientific progress and efficiency gains, we are still locked into soul sucking 40-60 hours plus commute for decades? Seriously, who is system benefitting?

I’m sorry you are so entrenched that you are unable to envision any other way or why the current system is hurting people.[/quote]

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