1dalm@lemmy.today to Parenting@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-up17arrow-down122
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 · 1 month agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-square1dalm@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoWe are probably going to disagree on cellphone access being better for the kids.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think you missed the point.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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
We are probably going to disagree on cellphone access being better for the kids.
I think you missed the point.
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