Comment on ‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Humanity never changes, adults still think we know better what’s good for young people than they themselves do. When I was a child and teenager, I hoped that this attitude would die out over the generations, seems that that isn’t happening.
Generally they do. Of course they are responsible for all the dumb shit in the world, but also most of the good and interesting.
Young people don’t get dumber as they age. They get smarter, wiser, better able to cope with adversity. Setting sore back and knees aside adults are doing alright when it comes to raising the young.
American Republicans seem pretty dumb to me, they probably were smarter as open minded children
The cult-y parts of republicans shure are, because dumbing down a message so it cannot be refuted is how cults keep members.
Republicans arent inherantly dumb.
disgrunty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think part of the issue is that there’s a lot more predatory shit on the internet nowadays. I say this as a person who has had unfettered access to the internet since my tweens. Social media and The Algorithms have changed the internet, and not necessarily for the better.
Just as a for-instance, if you go to YouTube on a freshly installed browser without logging in, the front page is kind of wild. Then the algorithm will pull you down a rabbit hole and kids who haven’t been taught that they’re being manipulated are going to start taking everything as fact from people like Tate.
We didn’t have things trying to get in our heads to this extent; while I do wish the kids had their freedom, I also recognise that the internet has become hell. I can understand why parents would try to shield their kids from that.