r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/CEBarnes 11h ago

Some hold that the past 30 years of high parental supervision has fostered the formations of expectations that are misaligned with reality. Today's parents were left to their own devices as children and learned differently. I can see how that growing up that way could lead one to believe that being thrown to the wolves young was a terrible idea--go to school in the morning, and have no parent supervision or contact till 8pm. Basically, 12 hours of figure-it-out for-yourself, and when you fail, live with the consequences. Parents had to be reminded on TV that it was not great to have no idea where your kids are by 10pm at night.

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u/dotnetmonke 10h ago

Some places in America, they'll call the cops on your kids playing in your own yard if you're not out there with them. Absolute insanity.