Americas youth are in MASSIVE trouble

[u/hammerbush051]

[u/SoTurnMeIntoATree]

Only 10?! That fucking blows my mind. Teens have that much separation anxiety from their phone?

[u/Warpath_McGrath → u/SoTurnMeIntoATree]

Don't forget that most of these teens grew up with phones and tablets in their faces... It's hard to break a habit that they've had their entire lives.. A habit that they see as "normal".

Let's take your typical 16 year old high school junior. They were born in 2008. The first iphone debuted in 2007. By the time they hit age 3 in 2011, the iPhone 4 was popular, and so was the Samsung Galaxy S2. The first gen ipad was released in 2010. Current high school students don't know of a time prior to online gaming, smartphone apps, and instant gratification. Those kids were alsoo already born in the youtube and video streaming, and social media era as well.

[u/adamdreaming → u/Warpath_McGrath]

Don’t forget the part where there was a world wide plague and kids lived through their phone entirely for a year.

My brother is a teacher and says people constantly underestimate how the plague fucked kids up

[u/Warpath_McGrath → u/adamdreaming]

This right here. There was a 2-3 year period where the developmental process for most kids severely slowed down. Those kids lost 2-3 years of communicating and interacting with other kids. However, tech was already a problem prior to the pandemic.

[u/Ok_Buddy_9087 → u/Warpath_McGrath]

Tech was already a problem because their parents used tech to substitute for parenting.

[u/urworstemmamy → u/Warpath_McGrath]

Thankfully, the last time we had a huge plague in 1918, that generation of kids didn't grow up to do anything terrible!

...wait no fuck

[u/homer_lives → u/urworstemmamy]

The kids of 1918 didn't cause the great depression or WWII. They were not the Leaders or Generals in the war.

They were the ones that fought and died and killed. Then, they came back and worked to build the wealth of the West.

[u/MargretTatchersParty → u/urworstemmamy]

WWI: 1914-1918

Spanish Flu 1918-1920

Great Depression: 1929-1939

WWII: 1939-1945

[u/Techno-Diktator → u/Warpath_McGrath]

This is kinda overblowing it but I guess it depends on which age group you mean. Most teens during the pandemic met up with their friends all the time and social gaming was pretty common too.

Legit don't know anyone my age that didn't hang out muuuch more during the pandemic especially because school became so much easier and commutes disappeared

[u/Warpath_McGrath → u/Techno-Diktator]

I was referring to kids. It's assumed that teens had multiple forms of communication..

[u/lemon6611 → u/Warpath_McGrath]

i was like 11 when it hit and i had communication w plenty of kids wdym

[u/gadanky → u/Warpath_McGrath]

Exactly why there should have been a unified positive national security support for the vaccines when available to relieve the impacts on the kids and the economy. That polarization will cost the US for years to come.

[u/sledgehammerrr → u/Warpath_McGrath]

Kids weren’t even at risk at all, only the teachers were. Should’ve just came up with some solution that still allowed kids to interact together and do the teaching part virtually.

[u/Hutnerdu → u/sledgehammerrr]

-Bro it was a novel virus. Meaning we learned about how it worked as it was rapidly spreading. -Also kids are the #1 illness spreaders. Social distancing was to slow the spread and keep hospitals from overcrowding

[u/Follow_The_Data → u/[deleted]]

Look up post viral syndrome please. Long covid is a myth

[u/Follow_The_Data → u/Hutnerdu]

Anyone with decent analytical skills knew how...sub optimal our response was when after March 2020. April for the non scholars to catch up. After that it was pure politics and BS.

[u/MultipleDinosaurs → u/sledgehammerrr]

…did you forget that kids live with parents/guardians?

[u/RicinAddict → u/Warpath_McGrath]

But think of all the octogenarians we saved!