Comment on Anon is worried about men
cynar@lemmy.world 2 days agoI fully agree. A lot of entertainment options have moved from self organising to a fire hose model. It used to be you just gave youngsters a place to go, and let them work out what to do with it. Now it’s hyper-commercialised. Everyone sits/stands there and absorbs entertainment from a central source.
It’s also not just young adults and teenagers. Pre teens and early teens have nowhere to really interact organically. Without that solid foundation of peer socialising, they are trying to build on soft sand.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
It doesn’t help that society is actively hostile to groups of kids and teens. Malls increasingly ban unaccompanied minors, “get off my lawn” attitudes lead to closing down of public parks and rec type facilities, violent paramilitary police are a threat to their safety, etc.
I agree that throwing young people together in the same place doesn’t automatically just work and there needs to.be some sort of support system for people who fall through the cracks