Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illness in teen girls

Re:Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illne... by giantg2 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @03:45PM (#34902435)

Some of this varies by the exact community and sect. But there are some good lessons in there too. Health-wise they are great, with some of the lowest costs, low chronic disease, and getting about double the recommended 10k steps per day.

So we don't want to emulate them in every way, but we can take some lessons in certain areas.

If you truly want resilient kids, that lifestyle will do it. Safety is another thing though. I saw a 1 year old just fall 3 feet off a playset and it only cried a little. The parents weren't very concerned. I guess when you have 6 kids, it's like you have "spares". Not that it's the right way to look at it, but ignoring balance of other concerns they will be tough.

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Re:Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illne... by olau on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:09PM (#34902787)

> The parents weren't very concerned. I guess when you have 6 kids, it's like you have "spares".

As a parent of 4, having multiple children does tend to put things in perspective, but really what makes the biggest difference is probably that you can't physically helicopter all of them. So you have to give up that mindset. Not that you don't still need to keep an eye on them.

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Re:Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illne... by hutzlibu on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:11PM (#34902809)

"So we don't want to emulate them in every way, but we can take some lessons in certain areas."

Living tight as a community is probably what they are doing right, I "just" would use a different approach to power.

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