By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.

  • @Dasus
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    5610 months ago

    Sure, it’s the phones and not the fact the Earth is burning while all the people with power are too focused on growing their money piles by exploiting people.

    People can’t afford houses, kids and the planet might not have a future.

    But sure, yeah, it’s the phones.

    • @NegativeInf
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      2510 months ago

      “If we take away their phones, they can’t know it’s all on fire!”

      Yeet

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        It might be beneficial for younger kids to not be aware of every global catastrophe, don’t you think?

        • @Anti_Iridium
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          -310 months ago

          “Let us not prepare you for the world you’re born into”

            • @Anti_Iridium
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              010 months ago

              You actually said “Younger kids” . Younger is defined as “having lived or existed for only a short time.”

              Maybe you should learn about Reddings Postulates

              • @[email protected]
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                09 months ago

                Maybe you should learn about contextual communication. Most of us aren’t pedantic English majors

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            10 months ago

            You mean in the sense where overexposure to news makes someone generally paranoid, combined with the fact that a massive fire in colombia is not likely to enrich their perceptions or help them understand the world around them any better?

    • Ziixe
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      2010 months ago

      Think about it, without the kids having a way to fact check everything they would have to believe whatever they say, and that leads to my favourite problem solving method, propaganda!