I set expectations when she saved up and got the phone – little did I know it would undermine them, and her mental health

I think its not just kids anymore, it’s adults too. Everyone is glued to their screens these days. But kids are more vulnerable to influences from “social” media and don’t have any defences to the psychological warfare going on. Of course they feel like shit.

    • SaltySalamander
      3•6 months ago

      That’s the social media effect. People don’t bother reading anything that’s more than 150 characters these days.