After reading that I still don’t have a clear understanding of why his friends are suicidal, but I suspect it has a lot to do with boredom and over-coddling parents.
I would guess the internet/social media/news media info overload environment.
Usually anyone dealing with too much info have to be trained to handle it - soldiers/pilots/ER docs/air traffic controllers etc etc. Most people who have to deal with it without the training just break down.
Kids are esp vulnerable as they are targeted specifically with all kinds of info.
I teach part time and see a lot of anxiety and depression. The current thinking about this is to not take away the internet but the device. The device makes us face these environments alone. But it you put the kid in a group setting...class room or a living room with internet access the way they handle the overload changes. They feel safer and less depressed/anxious about the negative triggers. Still lot of research needs to be done though...
In this regard I agree, because of the way media approaches people specially teenagers, media approaches the way how things are needed rather than how can it be utilized. That's why it's building gaps getting them more insecure about what is happening around.
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[ 6.0 ms ] story [ 21.5 ms ] threadUsually anyone dealing with too much info have to be trained to handle it - soldiers/pilots/ER docs/air traffic controllers etc etc. Most people who have to deal with it without the training just break down.
Kids are esp vulnerable as they are targeted specifically with all kinds of info.
I teach part time and see a lot of anxiety and depression. The current thinking about this is to not take away the internet but the device. The device makes us face these environments alone. But it you put the kid in a group setting...class room or a living room with internet access the way they handle the overload changes. They feel safer and less depressed/anxious about the negative triggers. Still lot of research needs to be done though...