What looks like fear of responsibility can also be fear of doing something wrong in a world where mistakes are heavily punished and rarely forgiven

I'd argue their parents are similarly affected with Something - a kind of anxiety or fear that something will happen to their kids or they won't end up alright if they're left to their own devices.

"left to their own devices" has its own meaning nowadays too, and there's more and more calls to NOT let them on their own devices, because they're an attention sink.

The irony is that parents feel like their kids are safer and more sheltered when they restrict their movement, while the opposite is true.

There was never a time in history where kids would be targeted and manipulated by corporations as today. The digital phone is a marketing gadget that brainwashes us to constantly interact with it. In extreme cases, every aspect of our lives is being scored, monetized and compared. Everything has become a hyper individualized hustle.

I read the article. And see zero evidence given that letting kids survive is a bad thing if you trade in nothing important.

Then again, this seems US centric.

But this comment just seems cruel, making people think it is their fault if they have bad feelings.

wonder whats gonna happen in a decade or two when our youngest and brightest minds have all been penned by a culture disconnected from reality