Re:Parents Who Pay to Be Watched
by ryandrake on Friday September 15, 2017 @11:03AM
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I have a kid that age too (just entering K) and I concur. It's shocking and disgusting. In 20 years, those nutter parents will brag on Facebook: "Well, my kid is suicidal but at least he went to Stanford!" So sad. Kids need exploration and playtime, not medication and Structured Enrichment Activities™.
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Based on conversations with people who work in mental health professions in SV, we're already there with the kids who have been pushed close to the edge.
The news only reports on these situations when it is too late, but there are plenty of kids in bad straits short of that.
Indeed. See for instance https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-sil...