We Have Ruined Childhood

Re:We Have Ruined Childhood by dougmwne on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:57AM (#20735799)

That epidemic is here. After the opiod crisis, overdose is now the leading cause of death for those under 50. Suicide is increasing for all age cohorts, not just teenagers. Deaths from alcohol are increasing. Life expextancy in the US has been declining for 3 years. I actually suspect we'll start to get a handle on these problems in the next few years since we're beginning to collectively wake up to the importance of mental health and the damage our screens and isolation are doing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_Unite...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2018/11/16/alcohol...

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Re:We Have Ruined Childhood by idoubtit on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:43AM (#20737201)

You forgot the most mind-related epidemic disease in the USA: obesity. Without the proper education or mind sanity, it's hard to resist the constant assault of junk food. Now 21% of the American teenagers are obese, and 39% of adults. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html

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Re:We Have Ruined Childhood by ryanmercer on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:32AM (#20737134)

>That epidemic is here. After the opiod crisis, overdose is now the leading cause of death for those under 50.

I'm 34, in the past month or so 2 people I went to high school with have died via overdose. It's ridiculous.

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Re:We Have Ruined Childhood by nscalf on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:34AM (#20737585)

You don't have to wait until people get that old to see an epidemic, we have a mass shooting in a school nearly daily.

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Re:We Have Ruined Childhood by WarDores on Monday August 19, 2019 @10:41AM (#20738143)

It's false ideas like this that lead to the "we need to bubble wrap our kids" mentality.

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