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| Are Smartphones Raising a Mentally Fragile Generation? |
| 2018-11-16 |
| "Yes," says psychology professor Jean Twenge who says that the smartphone and social media are the cause: ...I think technology is part of the problem, but it is also the professors, parents and society that don't allow kids to fail and feel okay. Everyone is supposed to be a famous superstar and if you can't make it in Hollywood, you make it online with Instagram etc. Teens have such high expectations of themselves on one hand and a limited ability for hard work and perseverance on the other that it is no wonder they feel distraught. This discrepancy between what a teen thinks they should be and what they are sets them up for depression and mental instability. Add in no real world experience and a lack of ability to handle failure and you have a recipe for an unhappy life. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 Raising? I see women my age (59) and older with phones that could not be surgically removed from their yaps. Remember when people were emotionally secure enough to stand at the bus stop and read the newspaper or watch the world go by instead of talking incessantly? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-11-16 16:55 |
| #5 No. Paying attention to Psychology Professors and actually following their advice -- that is dangerous. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-11-16 15:10 |
| #4 ..except for thousands of copies buried in a landfill in New Mexico to be unearth at a later date to go for gold on eBay. (so do I need to put a /sarc on that?) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-11-16 13:21 |
| #3 Look no further to the 'mentally fragile' (ie millenial) generation's woes than social mdia; Hasbro is getting hammered by the snowflake brigade over the Monopoly for Millenial version, just releasd. Picked mine up at Wal-mart after not finding in other big box stores carrying the evidently 'safe' versions. Cover art and back of the box quotes are awesome and the melt down only validates the premise behind it. expect hasbro to cave and recall. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2018-11-16 12:50 |
| #2 I blame MySpace, Twitter and Facebook. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-11-16 10:42 |
| #1 No, soft lives are creating the (more) fragile generation. Bones and muscles get stronger from hard exercise (or work.) Minds get stronger (smarter) from stimulating use (e. g. Rantburg.) Why shouldn't personalities get tougher from facing obstacles? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-11-16 09:28 |