Re:Why young parents should focus on building trust with the...
by wvh on Thursday February 13, 2025 @07:31AM
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Wholeheartedly agree. Can't teach kids to eat broccoli if you don't eat it yourself, they're just too perceptive. I don't like phones myself, but sadly enough, it is becoming hard to keep up with society (e.g. sports groups) or even outright not accepted to be "offline" anymore. It becomes a tricky balancing act to teach your own pre-teens to deal with being left out versus fighting the dopamine goblin. I don't think technology is bad, nor food for that matter, but we really as a society have to overcome our monkey brains. We ought to be better informed about how our brains work, especially as parents responsible for developing brains; and we ought to have basic neurology taught in schools to give the new generation a fighting chance against the rapid pace of technological advancement.
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Re:Why young parents should focus on building trust with the...
by Cheezmeister on Thursday February 13, 2025 @09:15AM
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Incidentally, Fighting the Dopamine Goblin is the title of my next EP.
For real though, the DG is the perfect personification. Don't overfeed it, it'll only get meaner.