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<blockquote data-quote="Days of Broken Arrows" data-source="post: 1226766" data-attributes="member: 4258">Funny you should mention this. My local paper runs galleries of prom pics for each high school and I've noticed that in the last few years there are fewer photos of couples and more of &quot;groups&quot; of just girls or just guys. I have a friend whose daughter went with four other girls.Had this happened in the 1980s or 1990s, these kids would have been rejects among rejects. This would have been considered a step above taking your sister or your mom to the prom.Social media is definitely to blame. But it's also the way it lethally mixes with &quot;helicopter parenting.&quot; It's a little hard to get a girl's bra off when mommy and daddy are texting you every three minutes about trivial bullshit like &quot;How was the food?&quot; or &quot;Send us video of the band!&quot; Etc.I don't see how any teenager could live being tracked 24/7 by mommy and daddy, but this especially goes for boys. Think of it this way: Had there been smart phones in the 1980s, the movies &quot;Risky Business&quot; and &quot;Ferris Bueller's Day Off&quot; could not have happened because the main characters wouldn't have had the freedom to go wild, which set the plots in motion.No wonder mental illness is<a href="https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/2-reasons-why-mental-illness-is-skyrocketing-in-young-adults/" target="_blank"> &quot;skyrocketing&quot; in young adults. </a>If I had to put up with my folks for more than a few minutes a day as a teen, they'd have had to lock me up in the looney bin.***I can't close out without a gratuitous '80s reference. In this case, it's the ultimate Fake Madonna song, &quot;Baby Love&quot; by Regina, which went Top Ten in 1986. Below is the first verse, sung from the point of view of a teenage girl. Who would have thought this ephemeral junk-food-pop would one day symbolize a long-gone era of freedom? Sad!&quot;Boy, there's no one home tonightThe timing could be rightTo forget the rules, we're out of schoolUntil tomorrowNow, if only you would stayThere's so many games we'd playWhy should we pretend to be just friendsWhen we could be so much more?&quot;[MEDIA=youtube]Uko33liiIJ0[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Days of Broken Arrows, post: 1226766, member: 4258"] Funny you should mention this. My local paper runs galleries of prom pics for each high school and I've noticed that in the last few years there are fewer photos of couples and more of "groups" of just girls or just guys. I have a friend whose daughter went with four other girls. Had this happened in the 1980s or 1990s, these kids would have been rejects among rejects. This would have been considered a step above taking your sister or your mom to the prom. Social media is definitely to blame. But it's also the way it lethally mixes with "helicopter parenting." It's a little hard to get a girl's bra off when mommy and daddy are texting you every three minutes about trivial bullshit like "How was the food?" or "Send us video of the band!" Etc. I don't see how any teenager could live being tracked 24/7 by mommy and daddy, but this especially goes for boys. Think of it this way: Had there been smart phones in the 1980s, the movies "Risky Business" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" could not have happened because the main characters wouldn't have had the freedom to go wild, which set the plots in motion. No wonder mental illness is[url=https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/2-reasons-why-mental-illness-is-skyrocketing-in-young-adults/] "skyrocketing" in young adults. [/url]If I had to put up with my folks for more than a few minutes a day as a teen, they'd have had to lock me up in the looney bin. *** I can't close out without a gratuitous '80s reference. In this case, it's the ultimate Fake Madonna song, "Baby Love" by Regina, which went Top Ten in 1986. Below is the first verse, sung from the point of view of a teenage girl. Who would have thought this ephemeral junk-food-pop would one day symbolize a long-gone era of freedom? Sad! [i]"Boy, there's no one home tonight The timing could be right To forget the rules, we're out of school Until tomorrow Now, if only you would stay There's so many games we'd play Why should we pretend to be just friends When we could be so much more?"[/i] [MEDIA=youtube]Uko33liiIJ0[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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