1dalm@lemmy.today to Parenting@lemmy.world · 11 days agoLittle secret you weren't taught: Parenting as a concept basically didn't exist before the 1970s. The overwhelming job that we call "parenting" used to be a community effort.locklemmy.todayimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down121
arrow-up1-15arrow-down1imageLittle secret you weren't taught: Parenting as a concept basically didn't exist before the 1970s. The overwhelming job that we call "parenting" used to be a community effort.locklemmy.today1dalm@lemmy.today to Parenting@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoNo we agree, you just don’t understand. Unrestricted cell phone use is worse, so they have more freedom and are taking more risk than your grandparents. That’s why they wouldn’t trade in house privacy with a phone for a public environment with peers but no phones. It’s not “good” that they have that freedom, but it’s undeniably freedoom, and more than any prior generation has had
No we agree, you just don’t understand.
Unrestricted cell phone use is worse, so they have more freedom and are taking more risk than your grandparents.
That’s why they wouldn’t trade in house privacy with a phone for a public environment with peers but no phones.
It’s not “good” that they have that freedom, but it’s undeniably freedoom, and more than any prior generation has had