Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Health Crisis

Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by teaearlgraycold on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:03PM (#36911645)

As someone that was always surprised at how much more free time I had compared to other kids back in my school days - I'm still very much in support of limited structured activities. Me and the boys would just goof off on bikes and in backyards. This was 15-10 years ago.

I'd talk to people in class and they'd claim to have like 1 or two hours free between school and sleep. And I had something like 8 hours free. What the hell?

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Re:Play Deprivation Is a Major Cause of the Teen Mental Heal... by Shocka1 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @12:00AM (#36966796)

Same here besides some travel ball that screwed up a couple summers for me when I was a pre-teen. I ended up getting burnt out with baseball and quit. Besdies that, from my earliest memories to about 20 I screwed off basically 95% of the time and had a blast. Still ended up going to a top notch university, although it was a struggle for me at first.

Fast forward to present day and my kids are beginning to build ramps for their bikes just like I used to do - and I'm right out there with them building so I can shred on my MTB just like the old days lol.

The neighbors have been gone every weekend to a different part of the state or another state entirely for 8U baseball, and I can't help but feel sorry for them as someone who went through the same thing as a kid.

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