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A comment on The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people. Parent comment

Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by toomuchtodo on Sunday October 13, 2024 @09:44PM (#41833432)
But at least they’ll be functional with a potentially positive trajectory vs their peers.
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Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by cortesoft on Sunday October 13, 2024 @10:03PM (#41833526)
Social skills are probably the most important and valuable skills to success in life
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Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by AlexandrB on Sunday October 13, 2024 @11:06PM (#41833866)
Social media and staring at a screen destroy social skills. I know, I lived through 2 years of COVID.
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Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by eitally on Sunday October 13, 2024 @11:11PM (#41833881)
You may think this now but maybe wait until your kid is in middle or high school.

Adolescent life is coordinated online now, and you will literally be handicapping your kid if you take a hard line.

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Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by nkrisc on Monday October 14, 2024 @05:28AM (#41835796)
His 7 year old friends are not coordinating things online. I know this because we are doing so with their parents.
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Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by kelnos on Monday October 14, 2024 @03:31PM (#41841017)
That doesn't contradict what the parent said. "Adolescent life is coordinated online now" -- your 7-year-old is not an adolescent.
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Re:The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attra... by threeseed on Sunday October 13, 2024 @10:03PM (#41833522)
Humans especially children need to be part of healthy social groups.

Being excluded is not setting them up on a positive trajectory.

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