Wow Stella. I loved this. So much introspection about the influence of big tech v. Parents. The influence of paid influencers and algorithms. I feel like there are a lot of us parents that understand all of this fundamentally but, like gender, we can’t bring it up or do anything about it on our own. We need to rally mass cultural eye opening movements. Like with cars or cigarettes, as you say.
Also, I appreciate your recognition of COVID being detrimental. My daughter, whom you are aware of, was a high school senior in 2020. I picked up a car-full of cheerful kids for spring break in March… and they never went back. No closure. Friends and boyfriend ripped aware. Total loss of control. College was isolation and then she fell off a cliff, so to speak and poof! She is a boy. People won’t acknowledge it. No one wants to hear it. It makes us a conspiracy pariah.
I have 3 other kids and they are mostly ok but I still see the lingering effects on them. ❤️❤️ You are doing great things.
Wow Stella. I loved this. So much introspection about the influence of big tech v. Parents. The influence of paid influencers and algorithms. I feel like there are a lot of us parents that understand all of this fundamentally but, like gender, we can’t bring it up or do anything about it on our own. We need to rally mass cultural eye opening movements. Like with cars or cigarettes, as you say.
Also, I appreciate your recognition of COVID being detrimental. My daughter, whom you are aware of, was a high school senior in 2020. I picked up a car-full of cheerful kids for spring break in March… and they never went back. No closure. Friends and boyfriend ripped aware. Total loss of control. College was isolation and then she fell off a cliff, so to speak and poof! She is a boy. People won’t acknowledge it. No one wants to hear it. It makes us a conspiracy pariah.
I have 3 other kids and they are mostly ok but I still see the lingering effects on them. ❤️❤️ You are doing great things.