Posted on 05/03/2023 5:32:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Fractured American families and disturbed children. What - and who - is behind it?
Over the years, a cause for teen angst, suicide, etc., has reportedly been the media. But there is no definitive evidence to corroborate that. In fact, every recent generation has traditionally pointed to the media or some other cultural factor as damaging to youth. In the 1920s, it was the Charleston, and in the 1940s, the bogeyman was radio crime dramas. Then in the 1950s, it was shoot-em-up westerns on TV and the advent of rock ‘n roll. But at the end of the day, most kids grew up normally.
These days cell phones and social media are supposedly culpable, but scientists still don’t know to what extent they are responsible for the rising mental health issues among teenagers and whether it is the primary cause. Alexey Makarin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist, opines, “It seems to be the case — like it’s a big factor, but that’s still up for debate.”
What do we know?
A report from the CDC in February found that teen girls are experiencing “record high levels of violence, sadness, and suicide risk.” The data show that 57% of U.S. teen girls felt “persistently sad or hopeless in 2021—double that of boys, representing a nearly 60% increase and the highest level reported over the past decade.” About 30% had seriously attempted suicide. These numbers are dramatically higher than they were ten years ago.
Boys are suffering too. One of the main culprits for young males’ problems is the ongoing stress on so-called toxic masculinity, where feminists and the left take normal male behavior, exaggerate it, and then vilify it.
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A powerful reason to hate liberals. Their direct attack on children. Destroy them, mutilate them, cripple them physically and emotionally, deprive them of a proper education.
It’s a war on kids. All KIDS. male, female, black, white, Asian, brown, green, yellow, purple, blue, coral, red, ALL KIDS. IT HAS TO BE IRRADICATED
Kooky parents make kooky kids. Partly genetics, partly dysfunctional interactions.
I’m convinced that many of these “sperm bank” kids will grow up weird, because only a weird guy will give of his sperm so freely, and he is servicing neurotic women. Lethal combination.
All of this began after Buyin slithered into the Oval Oriface.
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Politics plus anything equals lies. The CDC cashed in their credibility during the 1980s AIDS scare.
Working moms learned to stop worrying and love Hollywood, pron, first-person shooter video games, and social media for their great babysitting value of their latchkey kids. Soon AI will be raising their offspring instead, and possibly doing a proper job of it. Mother's Day might be renamed AI Day.
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