Son broke up with his girlfriend because she was too “freaky”

[phel240sx]

@ribott It really did not work 100 years ago.

 

[cottonpete]

@stacey33 Europe doesn't have the same amount of whacky extreme Christians making up the rules.

 

[hr_19]

@stacey33 Luckily, the data shows that teen pregnancies drop off sharply after age 18 though.

 

[henricjx1]

@stacey33 Another example of US defaultism in this sub.

 

[brandonhi]

@forhiskingdom 11 years old, pregnant and keeping it? Jesus Christ. This has to be in the Bible Belt.

 

[pt_barnum]

@brandonhi Or she lives in Ohio and doesn't have the resources to travel to Indiana like that 10 year old girl who was raped.

 

[tryagain]

@pt_barnum Abortion in Ohio is protected in the constitution now

 

[pt_barnum]

@tryagain Good shout

 

[plume]

@brandonhi That can be extremely harmful physically for the young mother. My mom had a friend who had a baby at 14 and ended up with a fallen cervix later in life.

 

[newgreeny]

@forhiskingdom Welp, this post was a great way to start my morning.

 

[centurionforchrist]

@katrina2017 It’s not normalised. Bad parenting is, and that’s a symptom.

 

[katrina2017]

@centurionforchrist That's a complete generalisation. Education is there about this, the dangers are told, in the most cases parents are on board with this education. They still do it

 

[centurionforchrist]

@katrina2017 Unfettered access to the internet at 13 is bad parenting. This ain’t the internet we grew up with.

 

[cornetto75]

@centurionforchrist I dunno, internet 1.0 was the Wild West.

Theres crazy shit we see every day, but I don’t think I’d rank the likes of completely unregulated chat rooms, and the obscene shock value content back then as more tame.

It isn’t the internet we grew up with, but I’d say it’s mostly better. Mostly because people overall are more savvy.

If anyone asked my parents, they’d say “parental controls, what’s that?” Lol

 

[shinykittyfairy]

@cornetto75

Theres crazy shit we see every day, but I don’t think I’d rank the likes of completely unregulated chat rooms, and the obscene shock value content back then as more tame.

There's one key element here that's missing. This is on their phone in their pocket every-fucking-minute of the day AND they get served (we mainly had to actively look it up) dubious content through reels/snapchat/whatever indefinitely. While I generally agree that back then it was more unregulated and "wild" it's no measure to the shear exposure kids have today - willingly and unwillingly.

 

[cornetto75]

@shinykittyfairy The social manipulation and addictive properties of devices and connectivity is really the issue, and we have ways of controlling a lot of that which is good. It’s just if you don’t control it, then the kids are in trouble.

I’d argue it’s not just internet, but entertainment as a whole. I’ve recently had my own screen time drop off a cliff, and as it did my grip on the family access has tightened. My son hates not being able to play Fortnite as much as he breathes, but it’s also stories like OPs that make me not care about his sensitivities in that regard. People need a healthy balance of social interaction, and experience outside to see it’s not all like how influencers present things.

 

[centurionforchrist]

@shinykittyfairy Remember when you used to turn your computer off for the day and that was it, you were “done with the internet” for the day?

That’s the difference.

That and attention span destroying, mind warping, algorithm based short video feeds

Hey, you looked at this picture of a girl in a tight outfit for a second that is actually thinly veiled pro anorexia content… here’s some more!

 

[ekk]

@shinykittyfairy Yeah.... Some weird (and terrible) shit on the early Internet. But, you had to figure out how to find it, and actively go find it... And your computer was probably in a common area of the house where "alone" time was limited.

Now it's 24/7 being pushed to us, and kids have private viewing capabilities more times than not.

 

[centurionforchrist]

@cornetto75 You’re right in some ways. Some things are way better - a lot more is way worse in my opinion. As long as you use the parental controls and really keep an eye, you should be ok.

 

[katrina2017]

@centurionforchrist This isn't necessarily unfettered access it's normal access to a camera phone