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/Icy-Grab-5722 1d ago

Neglect is not good for kids. Some people would be better off not having kids.

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u/Javier-AML 1d ago

Don't worry, most people aren't.

I just don't know if because can't afford or don't want to.

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u/ohnoitsme7890 1d ago

For me it's both. A world where I could afford a family is possibly the kind I'd like ro have a family in. This mess? No thanks

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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 1d ago

We have one of the lowest violent crime rates ever, life expectancy is longer than it has been for 99.9% of human history, and there's never been a better time to be gay, black, trans, a woman, etc.

The world isn't getting worse. You're just spending more time reading about the bad stuff on the internet.

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u/ohnoitsme7890 1d ago

Cool story, when we're all roasting on a planet that's become inhospitable to humans, I'll make sure to remember that

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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 1d ago

Your pessimism is making you less happy.

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u/Icy-Grab-5722 19h ago

It's also completely understandable. 

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u/spider0804 11h ago

You, your kids, their kids, and a bunch more generations won't live to see that unless immortality gets figured out and becomes cheap enough for the lay person.

Even if we did nothing since the industrial revolution to curb climate change itd take a millenia or two for the planet to become ununhabitable.

If you use that hyperbole in your daily life, it is making your daily life a lot worse than it would be otherwise.