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Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by mrguyorama on Friday July 28, 2023 @02:47PM (#36911403)
A full schedule is bad for a kid. They need to learn how to keep themselves entertained, or plan their own activities, or manage their own time, and they can't do that if they get a day plan from sun up to sun down.
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Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by shard on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:32PM (#36914274)
Kids can keep themselves entertained very easily nowadays, YouTube/Tiktok/games can suck hours away in the blink of an eye. It's not like when I was young where going outside and hanging out with friends was the most fun choice.
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Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by atonse on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:43PM (#36924359)
As a tech person I long for the days of limited choices.

In this age of extreme abundance, we have lost the ability to just daydream, people watch, etc. I’m not glamorizing being bored. I used to hate waiting for 30 mins for the bus.

Sorry this is something I lecture my kids about a lot! :-)

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