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Re:Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a ma... by carlgreene on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:11PM (#31275184)
Of course there are challenges and problems. There always will be. The important thing is to teach the youth and give them confidence that they can solve these problems instead "hand-wave" them away in a negative way as pessimists tend to do.

There will always be trials and tribulations. The ones that solve those are the ones that truly believe they can. The more blind optimism we instill in folks the more confidence they will have to try and tackle the seemingly impossible (they never are) problems.

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Re:Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a ma... by defterGoose on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:31PM (#31275446)
Dude, you blogged about being super thrilled about your garage door opener. Don't let the rest of us drag you down, but also don't presume to have figured the exact mental attitude that leads to successful outcomes. Not everything is peachy keen.
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Re:Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a ma... by carlgreene on Thursday May 05, 2022 @02:30PM (#31276906)
Man that was a good day! No one is dragging me down, nor am I saying everything is peachy keen. I do however think it's important how we present ourselves, and our problems to the youth both IRL and on social media.
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