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Lindagaf
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:26:37 +0000

Respectfully, I am perplexed by your post because I thought the responses in that thread were just honest. I didn’t think any post was lacking empathy at all. It was just matter-of-fact advice. In fact, I clicked on the link without reading your whole post, then read your post after. The student didn’t indicate they were upset by any responses, nor that anything was toxic.

Teenagers overuse the word toxic. If they don’t like something, it’s toxic. I saw nothing harsh there and I feel that we shouldn’t coddle kids, many of whom will be legal adults and who will move away from home soon. I don’t think that means I am disconnected. In fact, there are a fair number of students who come here for “brutal honesty”, etc…

Can people occasionally be rude? Yes. If you want to see true examples of toxicity, spend ten minutes on a more youth oriented forum. Sure, there’s a lot of “ur gonna get in!” But no one is playing nicey nice in this: [Reddit - Dive into anything]

I think teens want to “hang out” with other teens. They don’t seem to mind raw truth from peers, but if it’s here on CC, it’s toxic.