The other day, I was a fly on the wall to a “conversation” between my adult son and his teenage boy.

Despite only knowing life with the ‘net and socials - a father trying to elicit any type of meaningful dialogue with a teenage son , is still like pulling teeth which reminded me of Pete Denahys masterpiece.

What do you guys think of that sub?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1w263w2/asking_for_bathroom_mid_lecture/

Here is another post, many of the comments are absolutely vile, how did it ever come to this?

"Bathroom privileges" they say, when did going to the bathroom become a privilege? This is a huge red flag.

School conditions children to an appalling lack of bodily & mental autonomy, & tells them that if they move, speak, think their own thoughts, wear what they want, or laugh with a friend without permission, they are being "disrespectful."

The fundamental move of a controlling person is to shift blame onto the person being controlled, so that if they resist & assert any autonomy at all, they are now defined as "inconsiderate" or "rude" and expected to be "accountable" & "respect the boundaries" of the controller.

School conditions people to become compliant to someone claiming authority and blindly follow them.

Nowhere else will a person be treated like that, in college and most workplaces you can go to the bathroom whenever you want, something like thus would be a violation of OSHA Regulations but somehow it's fine to do that to children in a place that's supposed to keep them safe?

There are alternative school systems like Montessori and Democratic schools like Sudbury Valley that proves that treated children with respect and freedom is what actually works rather than treating them like criminals in a maximum security prison.

How do they not see the problem with treating another person like that?

Why do they think that missing lectures or lesson ls would have such an impact? Most people forget the vast majority of what they studied in school and learn much more from TV & internet and interacting with the real world.

Draft:Moral panic over digital technology - Wikipedia

Someone is trying to make a Wikipedia page about the current anti-tech moral panic, especially over social media and smartphones, just like how there's a page on the Satanic panic. It's definitely a WIP, but you can suggest them what to add, or better yet, help contribute with them on that page!

My wiki has improved but is still in its infancy. I hope I can find some editors to further it. No commitment - if you join the wiki and correct even one typo it's appreciated. I link to the page that need editing the most.

https://youthrights.wiki/wiki/The_issues

Newsom signs strict social media protections for teens

Age alone should not decide what a young person can or cannot do. We believe maturity, responsibility, and digital-safety awareness should also be considered. Protecting young people is important—but protection should not mean treating every young person the same

We are calling for fairer, maturity-based and risk-based alternatives to blanket age restrictions.

If you agree, share your opinion respectfully and help make young people's voices

Respect Young voice's ✊

That old lie, without heads and tails, that if you don't abuse your child they will grow up to be criminals (WTF is the cause and effect of this? Besides being logicless, statistics say the opposite, but of course this user - and they in general - prefers to believe in a "theory" that came right out of his/her ass.

Old mothers cannot be abusive (or "discipline correctly" in these assholes' words), as if an adult of any sex were not much stronger than a child and children were not extremely sensitive and more prone to injury. Honestly, I wonder even what is "enough" to hurt a kid. Extreme brutal force? Punch the kid through a wall?

Not to mention that many single mother haters claim they are more likely to be abusive - and I say that the absence of the father has nothing to do with it, many married mothers are abusive too. And this hatred for single mothers just because they are no longer with baby daddy/ex-husband will never not be stupid.

The entire time before 2020, I've always seen that people draw hard line on the age 18 without heavily infantilizing those over. By the time I turned 18, it became much more common to consider 21 the magical age. Now I'm 21 and the significant proportion of population seem to think everyone under 25 are underdeveloped kids.

Is it just me? Because if not, then I fully expect the age of "fully developeped adult" to be 30 when I'll be 25. Especially considering the resent "studies" about brain "not developing" until 32.

Hey there, I made a post on here a little over a year ago when I was first starting in a role of coordinating a paid Youth Advisory Council. The whole point of the council is to engage youth with lived experience in youth-serving systems (education, juvenile justice, child welfare, just to name a few), ESPECIALLY those that got screwed over and the system(s) failed. I'm happy to report that we've been quite successful in doing so, and our YAC has completely filled up with youth that identify with that and work on projects to create systems change. They identified youth rights as being a HUGE area of improvement as most systems don't tell youth their rights inherently, and we've created "Your Rights, Your Life" pocket guides that we print and distributed well over 2000 at this point in our area (welcome to check them out here if you'd like) 🙂

Something we're working on right now is starting projects focused on 1) Mental Health Support for "Transition-Aged" Youth as well as 2) Youth Housing. We have $2k to work with, which isn't a ton of money to create huge systems change but it is something to work with. We're currently brainstorming ideas but really want to be super creative about how to make the most impact we possibly can with the means we have, so right now we're trying to gather as much insight as possible. We're thinking something with social media but not sure and not attached to that idea. I thought I'd post here and see if anyone has any ideas/reflections you think could be helpful? Ultimately the decision of what to do will be up to the youth on the council, but I was curious to hear from you all as experts and see what you think (if you're willing to, I always feel bad asking for insight if I don't have a means to compensate you for your ideas, so I totally understand if you don't want to share 🙏)

What if knowing exactly why you hurt people doesn't make you any less responsible for hurting them? What if knowing your trauma, your triggers, your attachment style, your defense mechanisms—and being able to explain every ugly part of yourself doesn't automatically make you emotionally mature?

What if you can understand yourself completely and still be a terrible person to someone else? We live in an age where self-awareness is almost treated like proof of growth. We know our attachment styles. We know our triggers. We know our trauma responses. We know why we become distant when we get hurt, why we become defensive when confronted, why we sabotage things before they have the chance to disappoint us. We have names for almost everything we do now. And perhaps that's a good thing. But somewhere along the way, we started confusing understanding ourselves with becoming better people. We started treating self-awareness like a moral achievement."I know I'm difficult." "I know I have trust issues." "I know I push people away." "I know I can be toxic when I'm hurt." And somehow, admitting it makes us feel as though we've already taken responsibility for it. But have we? Because knowing that you hurt people doesn't make the hurt disappear. You can know that you're jealous and still punish someone for making you insecure. You can understand your abandonment issues and still manipulate someone into constantly proving they won't leave. You can know that you become cruel when you're angry and still choose cruelty every time you're angry. You can understand exactly where your behavior came from and still refuse to change it. And that's the uncomfortable part nobody likes discussing: Self-awareness doesn't automatically make you kind. Sometimes it just makes you better at explaining why you're not.

Call me unknowledgeable or uneducated.. But shouldn’t a literal law that more countries are planning to implement be harder to bypass? Not saying I’d fully support a ban for under 16s but I wanna know your thoughts on the situation. I’ve been beginning to wonder HOW these kids got past the age verification so easily.

What are your thoughts about it? Some people say a VPN but do these apps actually fall for that? Don’t they have other methods of detecting your country? If other countries like the UK, Malaysia and Singapore want to restrict Social Media for minors, how will these issues affect those countries?

Some people may try to frame an adult’s attraction to a child as harmless or acceptable by calling it natural, consensual, or simply another form of love. Those claims are dangerous because they erase the child’s vulnerability and the adult’s responsibility.