There's definitely some truth to that but not everything is a generational thing.

Eg: Social media is a net negative for kids and teens.

t-3 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Kids these days can't even play outside by themselves, let alone explore alone or be unsupervised miles from home with no adults like we could when I was a kid in the 90s and 2000s. What else can they do other than use social media? The creeping infantilization of the youth has robbed them of any chance for socializing or fun that exists outside of a screen.

	▲	pier25 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Are you sure it's not the other way around? That all of this is happening because of social media, phones, etc?

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SilverElfin 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think that’s still not really proven. For example, see this recent article:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/14/social-media-t...

My suspicion is that children who are not raised properly or are naturally more susceptible to certain issues, may be more damaged by social media. But it’s also possible that other children are positively benefiting from it, or at least just not negatively affected to the level that everyone assumes.

I’m speculating, but I bet children who are raised properly still have enough offline time doing things like playing outside and having some independence, that they are balanced and healthy.