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originally posted by: Xcalibur254
It disgusts me that children have been shot and so many of you are trying to make this political. I hope all of you are called out everytime you try to take the moral high ground.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Sheye
Hell, this may be prom related for all we know.
We’re not teaching our kids how to cope.
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Sheye
Hell, this may be prom related for all we know.
We’re not teaching our kids how to cope.
Exactly. The social experiment of coddling and everyone is special does NOT prepare these young minds for small disappointments in life (like losing a game, not getting that trophy, breakup with a girl/guy/whatever, etc...). So when they get smacked in the face with reality as a young adult (or late teen), then experience a big disappointment (don't get the job they wanted, realize that they signed a contract enslaving them with crushing debt, etc...) they do not have the tools to handle it and snap.
We should consider this global social experiment a failure, and a deadly one at that.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Sheye
Hell, this may be prom related for all we know.
We’re not teaching our kids how to cope.
Exactly. The social experiment of coddling and everyone is special does NOT prepare these young minds for small disappointments in life (like losing a game, not getting that trophy, breakup with a girl/guy/whatever, etc...). So when they get smacked in the face with reality as a young adult (or late teen), then experience a big disappointment (don't get the job they wanted, realize that they signed a contract enslaving them with crushing debt, etc...) they do not have the tools to handle it and snap.
We should consider this global social experiment a failure, and a deadly one at that.
Is America the only country that molycoddle their kids, because regular mass school shootings don't seem to happen outside of the U.S.
Surely there's more to this than just lack of coping skills.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Sheye
Hell, this may be prom related for all we know.
We’re not teaching our kids how to cope.
Exactly. The social experiment of coddling and everyone is special does NOT prepare these young minds for small disappointments in life (like losing a game, not getting that trophy, breakup with a girl/guy/whatever, etc...). So when they get smacked in the face with reality as a young adult (or late teen), then experience a big disappointment (don't get the job they wanted, realize that they signed a contract enslaving them with crushing debt, etc...) they do not have the tools to handle it and snap.
We should consider this global social experiment a failure, and a deadly one at that.
Is America the only country that molycoddle their kids, because regular mass school shootings don't seem to happen outside of the U.S.
Surely there's more to this than just lack of coping skills.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
I've said it before in these types of threads; kids today don't know how to lose, how to fail. They don't develop coping skills.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: redmage
How exactly does that social media come attack you 24/7? Kids have to seek it out. Any kid who pulls something like this and then blames social media is an idiot. Anything with an off button you refused to press didn't compel you to do anything, you let it.
originally posted by: ketsuko
How exactly does that social media come attack you 24/7? Kids have to seek it out. Any kid who pulls something like this and then blames social media is an idiot. Anything with an off button you refused to press didn't compel you to do anything, you let it.