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Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by watermelongunn on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:55PM (#18983490)
While I agree that kids could stand to get out more, I think everyone here is painting an absurdly rosy picture of the past. I'd like to know what percentage of kids used to spend their time doing hard labor or if their latchkey existence left them feeling so uncared about that they turned into nihilist assholes. Don't get me wrong – in a perfect world, kids would play outside 8 hours a day, but I have a hard time getting past the selection bias presented in the video.
Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by gambler on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:00PM (#18983550)
Except there is hard empirical data showing that something is actually going wrong. Like rapidly rising teenage anxiety, depression and suicide rates.
Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by asdff on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:15PM (#18985923)
Has sampling bias been ruled out? With people more open to discussing public mental health in recent years, certainly more people have been seeking treatment and diagnoses have probably improved. I would assume historical data strongly under sampled people with mental health issues due to the great stigma and misunderstandings about these diseases.
Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by playplay on Thursday January 24, 2019 @07:17AM (#18987994)
exactly, data that is not about play does not preclude a potential predominance of play, especially relative to the past
Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by airstrike on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:52PM (#18984971)
While I generally agree with the sentiment in this thread and article, it's all gut feeling at this point.

The causal relationship is still to be proven, though. There are countless other factors at play.

Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:24PM (#18984277)
> Like rapidly rising teenage anxiety, depression and suicide rates.

Are those symptoms indicative of there being an issue with the kids, or are those the same symptoms in all age groups?

Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by aylmao on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:03PM (#18984602)
I gather that it seems to be a growing issue amongst the younger demographics [1].

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/magazine/why-are-more-ame...