NY Post- Nearly half of teens say they agree with phrases like “I can’t do anything right,” “I do not enjoy life” and “My life is not useful” — roughly twice as many as did just a decade ago.“These are staggering numbers, just enormous increases,” psychologist and generational expert Dr. Jean Twenge told The Post. “And parents are rightfully very concerned about their children’s mental health.”
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From my perspective… possibly relevant, my parents limited my TV watching to one program a week. Young people need to be kept busy. You learn by ‘doing’. You gain confidence by ‘doing’. You get better at tasks by repeated ‘doing’. People feel better by actually accomplishing something.
I don’t think troubles for youth today are that much different than when I was young. Only the fear of the ‘unknown’ might have been even worse back then. We learned about the world from things like The World Book encyclopedia, some ‘useful’ information from school, and most from our friends and what they had learned from their older brothers and sisters.
The Economy wasn’t in great shape in the 60s either. We had the Viet Nam war to worry about. Some of us got help from the GI Bill, and some never came home. Of course, a few had parents that could afford their kids to college, and possibly even finagle a nice job for them through acquaintances.
And the world makes another trip around the sun...
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