Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design

Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by Meekro on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:28PM (#38373881)

I agree in principle, but I'm pretty sure the anxiety pandemic is real, not invented. Ask a middle- or high-schooler what percent of their class is on medication for anxiety, the answer will surprise you. In my grandma's day, that number would have been zero.

Whatever's going on there, it's serious. I bet in 50 years we discover that some chemical in our food/water/air was responsible, analogous to the leaded gasoline issue.

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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by kortilla on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:44PM (#38374037)

Or maybe doctors are happy prescribing pills to paper over mundane life issues.

It’s also a nasty feedback loop where all of this “mental health awareness” is blasted at kids all day and they start to assume there is a 50/50 chance they have anxiety and start to… get anxious about it.

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Re:Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community ... by oblio on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:35AM (#38378370)

Kids are suffering from increased anxiety due to social media in less pill happy places than the US.

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