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I hate to be the old fogey in the room, but the main problem is that kids grow up to fast. They are exposed to things online and in their TV and movie viewing that were not available just a few decades ago. There have always been teen pregnancies, but the teens were 16, 17, 18 -- not 13 and 14. The boys' heroes aren't cowboys, cops, soldiers. They're pimps, pushers and promiscuous studs. The girls idolize singers who wear almost nothing in public and the heroines on screen are usually sleeping with most of the cast -- girls and boys. When I first started teaching, I rarely had one of the boys ogle me or say some kind of double entendre my way. Now, not nearly as shapely and comely as I once was, I hear those remarks from several boys over the course of a school year. If kids could just stay kids until they actually grow up, we could teach them what they need to know and how to act before they got there.
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I believe Social Media has been such an influence on kids. They see things and then have to see if it works for them. I had a student a couple years ago, would come to school with a new self-diagnosed infliction every few days or so. She told me someone that she was following was perfect I describing her symptoms.😐
That is a great question! I think about this topic a lot! It is a tricky thing to address because some trauma seems to literally rewire our brains- making so many things hard. It is not helping that social media is creating an enabling rather than supportive system of coping- keeping kids back rather than helping them move forward, encouraging people in general to stay stuck rather than looking to what is next, dwelling on the past rather than looking to the future. Maybe it would help to find a way for kids to connect with others away from the screen. Find some supportive mentors who can relate to their experiences, but also model how to rise above the negative experiences and move forward.
Chief
You are so correct in saying that it is a tricky question. If you say one thing, people are upset, and if you say something else, other people are upset. Therefore people have been quiet and afraid to say anything-and that puts us where we are!
I agree.