Agree, I don’t want to minimize the pandemic, but it’s hard not to feel like kids might feel better if they just put their phone down. Beaming a curated feed of nonsense and disasters into your face 24/7 can’t be good for you. There’s also such an emphasis on a sort of pop psychology online, especially around trauma, that you wonder if p…
Agree, I don’t want to minimize the pandemic, but it’s hard not to feel like kids might feel better if they just put their phone down. Beaming a curated feed of nonsense and disasters into your face 24/7 can’t be good for you. There’s also such an emphasis on a sort of pop psychology online, especially around trauma, that you wonder if people are allowing themselves to be defined by perceived harm instead of learning to manage it.
Agree, I don’t want to minimize the pandemic, but it’s hard not to feel like kids might feel better if they just put their phone down. Beaming a curated feed of nonsense and disasters into your face 24/7 can’t be good for you. There’s also such an emphasis on a sort of pop psychology online, especially around trauma, that you wonder if people are allowing themselves to be defined by perceived harm instead of learning to manage it.