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[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Well you clearly don’t have kids, and if you do, you sound like the shitty parent lol

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (13 children)

What an odd, incorrect assumption. Kids need to be able to socialize. This isn't the 1980s anymore, you can't just go to a mall, there are very few physical third spaces anymore, literally none in some locations.

For a lot of kids, those third spaces are via phone/online. I can absolutely understand wanting to limit exposure to bad influences of phones, that IS good parenting, but you need to offer alternatives, or managed use, or something, or you're socially isolating your kid. Worst case scenario, you're getting them bullied- kids can be cruel (though from what I've seen, not as much as they used to be, thankfully).

The person literally said in another comment:

Yes, it’s part of set them up to succeed not fail. And another part of it is I want them to have a clean break from the outside world, from friendship drama or clinginess, from school stuff, etc.

Now, I'm assuming this is partially a situation of english not being the first language, from some of the grammar, but wanting to have their kids be 'cleanly' broken away from friendships, school stuff, and the very outside world sounds.... look, I'm going to be frank here, their literal goal seems to be socially stunting their kid via helicoptering.

Kids need to learn who they are. You're not trying to raise someone to be a child, you're trying to raise someone to be a healthy, functioning adult, and part of that means going through friendships, even friendship drama, exploring the outside world, etc etc.

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