How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation

Re:How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation by lelanthran on Friday July 26, 2024 @06:57AM (#41077571)

> My parent's generation seemed to not care at all, trusting that bad things can't happen to us.

I think that, as a not yet fully developed adult, you weren't exactly noticing that they did care.[1]

Think about it this way: remember all those times they stopped you from doing something stupid that would have hurt yourself? Yeah - that was them caring for your wellbeing.

[1] Fair enough, you say 'seemed to not care' and not 'did not care'

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Re:How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation by mysterydip on Friday July 26, 2024 @08:31AM (#41078069)

I think it's more the "the time is 9pm. do you know where your children are?" PSAs and such of the time, where kids were expected to be outdoors or on their own playing for extended periods of time.

ref: https://youtu.be/jBy9VDEWKOE?si=maH8tfgA35KF8osf

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Re:How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation by imdsm on Friday July 26, 2024 @10:24AM (#41078894)

Unfortunately growing up in poverty, there weren't that many times they stopped us doing stupid things. I feel like it has given us street smarts, yet at the same time, I couldn't imagine doing the same to my children. Weak strong cycle perhaps.

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