Americans online: The perils of childhood in an internet age
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces plans to ban children under 16 from social media platforms amid online safety concerns.
The pressures of modern parenting are, in many ways, like those of past generations. Meeting physical and emotional needs is a constant feature. Parents are tasked with loving, guiding, and nurturing. At a certain point, our children leave the nest. Turning them into responsible, contributing adults who establish lives and families of their own is the ultimate goal. But while the basics haven’t changed, present-day specifics are wildly different. Enter the complicating factor of the internet .
In the 1980s and 1990s, when I grew up, life was slower-paced. Being unreachable was the norm. …
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