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You know, I don't have kids of my own, and this is going to sound incredibly out of touch, (cause it probably is.) But like...how are the kids doing?
In the world I inhabit, I don't interact much with kids beyond brief interactions when they're tagging along with their parents. I don't really have a lot of 14-18 year olds I know that I can sit down with for a heart-to-heart conversation. By "how are they doing," I mean, how are they handling, what are their thoughts on The Situation? The creeping fascism. The potential climate apocalypse. Ever-widening inequality and a keen awareness of just how unaffordable basic shit like home ownership now is. The worry/potential of mass AI-induced unemployment. The threat of the everpresent surveillance state. Etc.
Like, seriously, it's hard enough to stay sane in this world as an adult. I'm more than twice the age of a high school graduate. I'm no great bastion of mental resilience myself, but I'm definitely more capable of handling things now than when I was a teenager. So if it's hitting adults this hard, damn. How is it hitting the kids? I graduated high school in 2006. Back then, it was hard enough finding your foot as an adult and an independent human being. But then, there was still a clear and reasonable path to home ownership. Fascism wasn't even on the radar. Neo-nazis were cringe weirdos that even the Republicans in power wanted nothing to do with. Climate change was far enough away that a reasonable and hopeful case could still be made. Rights, prosperity, and democracy as a whole were or at least seemed on the rise.
For anyone with a lot of present experience interacting with a variety of kids in that age bracket (enough to get a general sense of the common approaches/attitudes), just how are kids handling all this? Are they doing alright? I think I'm mainly thinking about 14-18, high school age. Old enough to really comprehend the magnitude of these issues, but still firmly in the vulnerability of their teenage years.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just looking on the past with rose-tinted glasses. Maybe back then I just didn't pay as much attention to the troubles of the day. There were plenty of civil rights abuses in the post-9/11 era, and they never really stopped. But even by objective measures like housing cost to income ratios, the cost of education, etc., it's clear that things are going to be objectively much more difficult for the class of 2026 than the class of 2006. And I worry for them.
As a parent to 12,14,18,20 year olds. Its interesting. The biggest problem was covid. It sent everyone to their computers and stunted all of their social growth. These are not my words, this is what my very wise 14 year ols says. Nobody "hangs out" with anyone anymore. They are afraid of all social situations, even the popular cool kids are so dumb and oblivious that they know it. So one little push and they fold like a house of cards. These kids will not rage against the dying of the light, they will willingly be marched into the trenches.