Are We Raising Weak Kids?
Are We Raising Weak Kids? I’ve gotten this question a lot recently in some form or another. And the short answer is, YES. But the long answer is NO, all things considered. Let’s explain. Past generations had it rough. They had more wars, more abuse, more crime, less social welfare, more disease, more economic insecurity, more lead in their pipes, and they actually had to make phone calls instead of texting. The further in the past you go, the more “Do or Die” it was. And the result? More people died. And they died a lot earlier. And those that didn’t learned to survive hard things. It’s just that the way they survived looks different from how kids do today. And, if we really look closely, we’d find that we don’t want kids to adapt the same way their parents did. Let’s look at “Anxiety” and “Depression,” which most kids identify with these days. Anxiety is the activation of the Fight/Flight response (which all mammals have) and Depression is the activation of the Freeze response (for