GenX were the last cohort to have a childhood without the internet, but the first to be raised entirely by TV.
We GenX were also the last to be allowed a childhood. I grew up with hours and days of adult-free time to roam, w/ and w/o my peers.
Conversely, my kids gen were the first to grow up fully imprisoned. Every minute was spent in adult-populated, adult-curated boxes. If they defied the lie-based hysteria about kidnapping risk and went outside, there was nowhere to go. In every direction are roads and trespassing risks.
As near as I can tell, this growth-killing hell is a permanent fixture of childhood. With most joy placed beyond reach of kids and parenting time up 20-fold, our modern declining birth rate is the natural, reasonable response.
This reads like a boomer Facebook post based on anecdotes extrapolated into a worldview centered around the core idea that everyone but you is raising their kids wrong.
Norms evolve from generation to generation, always have, there's no need to exaggerate and appeal to emotion by calling a whole generation of kids "imprisoned". I listened to supposedly satanic music as a kid, I turned out okay despite what the older generation predicted.
> This reads like a boomer Facebook post based on anecdotes extrapolated into a worldview centered around the core idea that everyone but you is raising their kids wrong.
For your criticism to be valid, my assertions would need to be factually inaccurate - in that they do not well represent the my generations' childhoods and the same for my kids' generation.
Otherwise you're just vibing at me for having vibes.
GenX were the last cohort to have a childhood without the internet, but the first to be raised entirely by TV.
We GenX were also the last to be allowed a childhood. I grew up with hours and days of adult-free time to roam, w/ and w/o my peers.
Conversely, my kids gen were the first to grow up fully imprisoned. Every minute was spent in adult-populated, adult-curated boxes. If they defied the lie-based hysteria about kidnapping risk and went outside, there was nowhere to go. In every direction are roads and trespassing risks.
As near as I can tell, this growth-killing hell is a permanent fixture of childhood. With most joy placed beyond reach of kids and parenting time up 20-fold, our modern declining birth rate is the natural, reasonable response.
This reads like a boomer Facebook post based on anecdotes extrapolated into a worldview centered around the core idea that everyone but you is raising their kids wrong.
Norms evolve from generation to generation, always have, there's no need to exaggerate and appeal to emotion by calling a whole generation of kids "imprisoned". I listened to supposedly satanic music as a kid, I turned out okay despite what the older generation predicted.
> This reads like a boomer Facebook post based on anecdotes extrapolated into a worldview centered around the core idea that everyone but you is raising their kids wrong.
For your criticism to be valid, my assertions would need to be factually inaccurate - in that they do not well represent the my generations' childhoods and the same for my kids' generation.
Otherwise you're just vibing at me for having vibes.