Re:New California law requires high schools to start later
by alistairSH on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:43PM
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Yep. And it’s 100% normal for early prior year school aged kids in Japan to cross town on the subway on their own. The American obsession with helicoptering their kids all the way through their first job is super weird and unhealthy.
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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later
by rootusrootus on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:51PM
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Could we just stop? Please? I know it's cool to talk shit about Americans constantly but it gets old. I want to expect better from HN.
> The American obsession with helicoptering their kids all the way through their first job is super weird and unhealthy.
My kids, along with many others, were getting themselves to & from school without my supervision starting in third grade. Earlier, even, for my son since his sister is two years older and was with him.
This is normal. What is the fascination that so many Europeans (and others) have with making wild unsupported assertions about what Americans do and then build an entire critique from that?
Re:New California law requires high schools to start later
by alistairSH on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:06PM
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I’m American and I’ve seen enough helicopter stupidity over the years to be confident saying it’s a problem. Is it the norm? Maybe not. But it’s common enough to be a thing.
Re:New California law requires high schools to start later
by bcrosby95 on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:13PM
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Most of the helicopter stupidity i see comes from people without kids. As in, you're a terrible parent because you weren't constantly watching your kids and they did something kids do that I don't like.
Re:New California law requires high schools to start later
by em-bee on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:10PM
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the fascination comes from all these stories here:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...