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Jul 19, 2024
10:57:22am

CameronG Contributor

That's every generation ever

I'm in my 30s and my parents didn't grow up in a time when most teens were getting cell phones and texting. I don't feel like my generation was crazy overly anxious because our parents had to figure out how to deal with something new to my generation.

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CameronG

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Kids with Anxiety- LDS therapist says they’re finding that parents are the cause

Shawarma

Jul 18, 3:58pm

Sounds like a very well researched study.

kansascougar

Jul 18, 3:59pm

Not a study. Just a sobering anecdote from a knowledgeable source.

Shawarma

Jul 18, 4:03pm

Do you have children?

kansascougar

Jul 18, 4:18pm

The answer with most psychological things are about 50/50 "nature & nurture"

runnincoug

Jul 18, 4:03pm

The Coddling of the American Mind.

m0resn0w

Jul 18, 4:04pm

The 3 great untruth of that book are pretty profound ways we transmit anxiety

runnincoug

Jul 18, 4:07pm

Yeah the older generations have no issues with anxiety . . .

LakeshowCougs

Jul 18, 4:13pm

Not like the younger generation. It's objectively much worse now than ever.

runnincoug

Jul 18, 4:19pm

He said that leaning on our experience growing up is often a problem because

Shawarma

Jul 18, 4:54pm

I don't know if I buy this, the things kids deal with today are different but I

CameronG

Jul 19, 9:00am

It is different now. The parents & grandparents didn’t deal with these

LakeshowCougs

Jul 19, 10:42am

That's every generation ever

CameronG

Jul 19, 10:57am

That’s great. You are one person. I see this everyday in my profession. It’s a

LakeshowCougs

Jul 19, 12:07pm

What about the increase of depression and suicide doesn’t convince you?

Pretorian

Jul 19, 12:37pm

I know the statistics but I'm not just going to blame everything on parents

CameronG

Jul 19, 1:08pm

I don’t think this is all on the parents. I just think parents are struggling to

LakeshowCougs

Jul 19, 2:16pm

well, I know that I’m at least not a terrible parent, so I’m not beating myself

Shawarma

Jul 19, 4:19pm

Thats reasonable, this is where I think the mental health community is a

Pretorian

Jul 19, 4:30pm

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CameronG

Jul 19, 1:05pm

Yeah & the older generation is horrible at advising the younger generation about

LakeshowCougs

Jul 18, 5:58pm

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Jul 18, 4:20pm

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Shawarma

Jul 18, 4:54pm

It's a good book and goes WAY beyond just therapy

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Jul 18, 6:30pm

Liberals are anxious about the world around them?

eskyjazz

Jul 18, 4:21pm

Yes, that's what research consistently shows

runnincoug

Jul 18, 5:25pm

In other words they don’t know, I still believe behavioral health specialists

Pretorian

Jul 18, 5:37pm

Did they give you any clues on what the parents are doing wrong?

fredy

Jul 18, 4:05pm

Everything. Absolutely everything. Especially you. You're doing everything wrong

Jul 18, 4:09pm

That's what I'm thinking. There is no lack of crackpot therapists out there.

fredy

Jul 18, 4:13pm

Academic Pressure.

eskyjazz

Jul 18, 4:16pm

So what are parents today doing differently than previous generations that is

CameronG

Jul 18, 4:17pm

Talking about it more often than needed. Creating a pathology. Prior generations learned resilience and how to overcome

Zach Morris

Jul 18, 4:25pm

Well meaning parents misinterpreting the problem and misapplying parenting

Shawarma

Jul 18, 5:29pm

Since the state is trying to take over parental duties, maybe blame them.

fbguru

Jul 18, 4:18pm

Anxiety was invented after WWII

Pro Logic

Jul 18, 4:27pm

Have fear? Just give up your freedoms and agency and I will fix it. A tell as

coolblue

Jul 19, 7:35am

I think that would be a tough conclusion to draw

Remigius

Jul 18, 4:29pm

Really, they’re just now figuring that out? Duh what else would it be?

Pretorian

Jul 18, 5:35pm

Whew! None of my kids have anxiety

BYU Grounds

Jul 18, 5:45pm

Kids can benefit from this, too.

Jul 18, 5:53pm

You know the leading cause of anxiety in parents?

cougXor

Jul 18, 8:39pm

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