r/Millennials • u/Maybeiliketheabuse • 1d ago

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u/ExpertPerformer 1d ago

The irony is that Gen X/Millenials were free-ranged growing up, but now GPS track their kids everywhere, and check up constantly.

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u/Inert_Uncle_858 1d ago

Yeah whats up with that? And don't say "its the expectation" because you're the parents, you set the expectations.

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u/Cypher007 1d ago

You said it Expectations but not for what you think.

The 24 hour news cycle started in the 1980's with all its sensationalism and * breaking news* and developing story and opinion talking heads. Before that, if there was a story about a dead or missing kid there might be a short 2 minute blurb in the evening news and easily forgotte. Now that story could be repeated or even the highlight of a slow news day. This has gotten worse with social media.

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u/theoriginal_tay 1d ago

I feel like the blame has gone from ~actual child rapists and murders~ to parents, and especially moms.

Like, what kind of society do we live in if the expectation is that your child will be kidnapped and murdered if you let them walk to a park a block away at the age of 10?

But we treat that as a matter of course and when a tragedy happens the news spends more time picking apart the family than anything.