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Here's an article that makes me wonder where doctors, psychologists and researchers live, that they had to do a study to find out that America's Youth are whiny, needy, greedy and all about ME, ME, ME.
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Study: Youth Now Have More Mental Health Issues
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A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.
The findings, culled from responses to a popular psychological questionnaire used as far back as 1938, confirm what counselors on campuses nationwide have long suspected as more students struggle with the stresses of school and life in general.
"It's another piece of the puzzle — that yes, this does seem to be a problem, that there are more young people who report anxiety and depression," says Jean Twenge, a San Diego State University psychology professor and the study's lead author. "The next question is: what do we do about it?"
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Well, I, ME, Schteveo the Blogger, as a father, and someone not blinded by my PhD, MD or need for next years grant money, I have the answer to this problem. I can save America's youth, and our mutual future, yes, I do, I have the answer.
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QUIT MOLLYCODDLING AND TELLING THEM THEY CAN DO NO WRONG. MAKE THEM GET A JOB, DO THEIR HOMEWORK, RESPECT THEIR TEACHERS, PREACHERS, POLICEMEN, AND ANYONE FIVE GD YEARS OLDER THAN THEM. TEACH THEM THE WORDS, SIR AND MA'AM!! MAKE THEM OBEY THE LAW, DON'T BLAME THE COPS WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING, SPEEDING OR DRIVING DRUNK ACROSS MRS. GRUNDY'S YARD!! MAKE THEM RIDE THE FUCKING SCHOOL BUS, OR DRIVE, AND CONSTANTLY REPAIR, A 20 YEAR OLD AMERICAN MADE, 4 DOOR TANK OF A VAN OR FAMILY CART!!! TURN OFF THE VIDEO GAMES, COMPUTERS AND CELL PHONE, BREAK THEIR MP3 PLAYERS AND REQUIRE THEIR PRESENCE AT THE DINNER TABLE. MAKE THEM WASH THE GD DISHES!!! WHEN THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES OF ANY GROUP, SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION, SPANK THEIR ASSES AND THEN EXPLAIN THEIR FAILURE WEIGHED AGAINST SOCIETY'S RULES, WHILE GIVING THEM JUICE AND COOKIES, A HUG WILL SOLVE THE TEARS AND SHOW THEM THAT YOU DO LOVE THEM EVEN IF YOU BEAT THEIR ASSES FOR TRANSGRESSIONS.
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Whew, I'm feeling much better now. The article continues,
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Amid it all, Hunter says this latest generation has been raised in a "you can do anything atmosphere." And that, he says, "sets up a lot of false expectation" that inevitably leads to distress for some.
It's also meant heartache for parents.
"I don't remember it being this hard," says a mother from northern New Jersey, whose 15-year-old daughter is being treated for depression. She asked not to be identified to respect her daughter's privacy.
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I especially liked this, raised in a "you can do anything atmosphere." Do you suppose things like, everybody getting a trophy, no letter grades, and being given everything, could be the problem?
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The real telling thing about "researchers and studies" is that they are weighing these whining moppets against MY PARENTS, who grew up during the Depression, WWII, Korea and who got married and raised kids in the 50's, 60's and 70's. People who were raised to think of God, Family and Country, didn't have a "ME" on their radar. Which by the way, didn't even exist for the for 15 years of their lives!!
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UPDATE: Well, the RICH people are re-thinking how their kids have been raised. Imagine that, I was poor, and right, without being black or brown.
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Schteveo
4 comments:
That sounds like pretty good advise Steve. I was raised by all the rules, regulations, and responsibilities you capitalized. I didn't like it back then, but understood when i got older that they probably saved me, since many of my closest friends from back then ended up dead or in prison. Of course, the fact that my dearly-missed father had such a strong right hook also helped. The youth of today could have never survived those days.
The only thing that will save todays youth, (maybe) is getting older and developing common sense, (if they can last that long) something that seems to be totally missing from todays youth. I believe the media/Commiewood play a very big role in dumbing-down todays young people, which makes them much easier to handle and manipulate. Also, the insidious virus known as political correctness is causing a great deal of damage as well. The above are some of the reasons i believe in mandatory military service at age 18.
And then there's this, something i still can't figure out. Why do todays White kids have this need/desire to look like, sound like, dress like, and act like, blacks? What's that about? Where i came from, that kind of conduct would've meant that you (and your family) would have had to move out of the neighborhood. And, in a hurry!
Spider,
it looks like the little pukes can't handle NOW, the 50's, 60's and 70's would have destroyed them!!
Getting older and getting common sense may, in fact, be worse for them. There is no "natural selection" during the early years like we had. There were no helmets, knee pads, padded play grounds, seat belts, safety seats, etc. So even the dumb kids from dumb parents survive to breed even dumber kids.
They're all swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool.
And I'm with you on the dead and jailed thing. Amazing isn't it? I've often wondered how much luck plays a factor. I know I dodged a number of deadly or jail worthy bullets by skipping rides, avoiding parties, leaving five minutes before "X" happened.
The most well adjusted young adults have their father's boot-print permanently imprinted on their butts.
Dr Pepper, BPC (Behavioral Psychoanalysis Cognitivist), et al, eat all, eat me, Esq.
I agree with Steve's advice. I was raised that way (thanks Mom) and raised my kids that way. Although, I'll have to say that the family I grew up in was extremely "dysfunctional" (thanks Dad) and I am the only "normal" one out of 4 siblings. So... "luck" does have something to do with it (thanks to me being the only rebellious one).
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