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What are children doing at too young of an age?

400 sats \ 25 comments \ @Aardvark 12 Mar AskSN

Personally, I think parents are still underestimating the harms of social media.

84 sats \ 12 replies \ @SimpleStacker 12 Mar

It's crazy how hard kids can throw now. This is a few decades ago, but I remember the first year I made the high school baseball team. I was 15 and was both a pitcher and catcher but I never got a chance to pitch until later years. I just played catcher that year and mostly backup. The first day of practice they had me catching the team's best pitcher. He was 16 at the time and throwing low to mid 80s. I was blown away. In regular league play I hadn't seen any guys that threw probably more than 70. Over 80 looked so fast. And now these kids are throwing low to mid 90s.

92 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23h

Apparently it's not actually good for their health, that they're pushing for such speed.

Personally, I really think Americans (and other countries too?) need to re-evaluate the priority of children's sports. But I'm not much of a sports fan so I dunno 🤷🏻‍♂️

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark OP 23h

I hear it's really bad for their arms, especially thet young. The problem is, how do you regulate that? If a kid wants to go to the best college, he netter throw that ball hard.

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23h

I think it's a problem for the sports themselves to address, not the government. For example, the MLB/colleges could choose to punish junior programs that recklessly encourage unsafe practices.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 22h

I'm sure the parents will get private coaches. Gotta be the best somehow.

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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22h

Yeah. To throw hard and pitch well you need to throw a lot. Throwing hard a lot will eventually mess up something, either your elbow or shoulder.

40 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark OP 23h

I probably can't throw 80s now lol.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 23h

Most people can't throw 60. But if you are an athlete you can probably hit 70.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 22h

I'm not much of an athlete

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 20h

You are an aardvark though. What you are missing in athleticism, you make up for in strength.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 12 Mar

Shit...

76 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Mar

Yeah, basically internet stuff.

I'll throw school into the mix, though. I think kids should mostly be having fun and playing, until later in their development. It takes so much less time to learn stuff later that early education is mostly pointless.

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 12 Mar

From what I hear, homeschooling can be done in a fraction of the time.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 12 Mar

That's what so many parents found out during the pandemic. They'd finish the entire week's worth of government school assignments in a couple of hours and then wonder what the teachers were spending the rest of the time on.

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 12 Mar

1 adult corralling 30 kids and then teaching them all at the pace of the weakest link....

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 21h

Way too much screen time.

Not judging. I let the TV babysit my kids too, haha.

It’s customary for parents in my country to hire helpers, but we don’t, so we slog through everything. But not keen to have to manage a maid

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 23h

Probably using any sort of electronic device. I have seen parents handing their toddlers phones and tablets just to keep them occupied. My daughter is 6 and we still struggle to figure out how much screen time she can have because while we want her comfortable with the digitized world there is a noticeable change in her mood and behavior if she spends too much time on the tablet. She does her lessons on a laptop and that doesn't seem to have the same effect but it is also something to consider when allocating her tablet time. Try to get her outside for a walk or play every day and give her lots of time to play with her toys or draw/colour etc so she gets varied activity not just a full day of screens.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 23h

These devices are little dopamine hits over and over. Seriously, it can't be healthy.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 12 Mar

I've recently deleted all my social media accounts see #890469 messengers, basically everything. My concern was my data and privacy, which I realized very late. Now I see how much my focus has increased; it really is benefiting my studies and everything I previously liked to do. Now I'm only on Stacker News and Nostr; they're not addictive at all and instead feed my brain with some great info. I would say the harm is real and dangerous. It was you all who inspired me, and I took matters into my own hands. I realize I was really a product for them before. I don't get the urge to buy stupid things influenced by advertisements anymore, and I don't get into stupid arguments anymore because I'm not there. I'm in so much peace now. But I do miss my conversations, group chats, and everything. However, nothing matters more now. It was do or die for me, but I did it. If any parents see this comment, please keep your kids out of social media at all costs!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 14h

I’m trying to keep my kids off socials til 16 my oldest 11 is already putting pressure on to let him have it as “everyone “ has it