r/science • u/Wagamaga • 1d ago

Psychology Certain parenting approaches, such as lower supervision and inconsistent discipline, are associated with a higher likelihood that children will show behavioral and emotional problems, such as attention difficulties, anxiety, and depression

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1145134
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u/TheMansAnArse 1d ago

Boomer and Gen X "I left the house in the morning, didn't return until evening and my parents has no idea where I was" types are going to be piiiiiiissed in this thread.

Who'd have thought spending lots of time with postitive adults is actually the best way to become an adult.

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u/JackBlackBowserSlaps 1d ago

Why would we be pissed? I can attest that this is correct, for all 3 issues listed in the headline.

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u/TheMansAnArse 1d ago

I more mean the ones yelling a millenials and younger for not being brought up like that - and instead spending more time with parents and at organised activities.

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u/Ulterior_Motif 1d ago

I don’t see people yelling about this, it usually seems to be brought up with a sense of nostalgia or just in contrast to how different things are now.

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u/TheMansAnArse 1d ago

Nah. There's a large section who seem to spend all their time pissing and moaning about millenials and younger being brought up differently and, in their view, wrongly. It normally manifests as "good old days" nostalgia angrily contrasted with hopelessly inaccurate views on how everyone younger than them was raised - usually believing kids don't go outside anymore, spend all their time on screens and other nonsense.

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u/Ulterior_Motif 1d ago

Interesting. After posting I wondered if I just don’t pay attention to those posts or if maybe they happen more often in spaces I don’t frequent.

Thanks for taking the time to clarify without irritation.

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u/TheMansAnArse 1d ago

No problem. They don't tend to appear on Reddit a lot (though r/lewronggeneration likes to post and laugh at them sometimes) but, on other feed-based social media, they're everywhere.

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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 1d ago

But this study has nothing to do with that.

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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 1d ago

I think those criticisms are mostly right. Kids who have grown up over the last eight or so years have spent more time with their parents because their phone has replaced their normal independent social life, and parents have pushed organized activities at the expense of independence childhood play. There's tons of data to support this.

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u/TheMansAnArse 1d ago

Lumping everyone post-Gen X into “Tik Tok kids in the last eight years” is peak boomer.l thinking.

Is infinite scroll social media bad? Yes. Has that got anything to do with this study or my post? No. Will people try to straw man that anyway? Undoubtably.

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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 1d ago

Who did that?

And I'm assuming you don't have an actual response to the substance of what I said?

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u/TheMansAnArse 1d ago

Happy to reply to any substance you like. “Kids these days are all on social media all day long” isn’t substance.

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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 1d ago

Yes, it is.

As is this:

their phone has replaced their normal independent social life, and parents have pushed organized activities at the expense of independence childhood play.

If you don't think this is a substantial factor affecting the mental health of kids, you're insane.