2026-03-23 01:56 UTC
The contraction of children’s independent activity since the 1960s has made them markedly less resilient.
Over several decades, children’s freedom to play and explore without adult intervention declined, while rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide among young people steadily climbed.
#Depression #1960s
https://siliconcanals.com/d-psychology-explains-people-who-grew-up-in-the-1960s-arent-just-tougher-they-developed-a-specific-kind-of-resilience-that-comes-from-being-raised-in-an-era-when-emotional-comfort-wasnt-cons/
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@Ulrich_the_elder@thecanadian.social 2026-03-23 03:29
@mimarek I left home at age 14 in 1968. I have been living alone for the last 2 decades are you trying to say this is not normal?