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Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by CRConrad » Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

pseudalopex wrote: post #204

ouid wrote: post #175

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There is extremely active denial of the problem. The parent comment didn't even consider this as a possibility. Moreover, your comment is also an example. You can't simultaneously describe yourself as not denying the problem while completely dismissing that problem as "moral panic designed to deprive adults of access to care". I am completely on board with giving adults access to care. I am significantly more hesitan…

Munchausen's syndrome by proxy is called factitious disorder imposed on another now. The highest estimate I found from a reputable source was 0.04%.[1] Claims on the order of 1% turned out misreported estimates for factitious disorder imposed on self. And most cases of factitious disorder imposed on another involve infants or younger children. The 1st comment stayed close to the article subject. It presented reason f…

> Munchausen's syndrome by proxy is called factitious disorder imposed on another now.

Honestly, who gives a fuck?

Yeah sorry, that may sound a bit harsh... But really, what's this constant renaming of things supposed to be actually good for? The main effects seem to be:

1) Some people get to feel all good and righteous and “with it”, because they know the PC terminology; and

2) The rest of us are A) either annoyed at i) having to learn new shit again, ii) not getting to be in that hip and in crowd, or above all, iii) how smug and pompous those masters of the PC vocabulary come off, intentionally or unintentionally giving the impression that they look down on us peasants...

Or B) Just confused as to what the fuck they're talking about.

So thank you, I guess, for having taught us – me – this, so I won't look like an ignorant bumpkin next time someone says it... But I would very much have preferred not having to.

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by CRConrad » Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 1:46 PM UTC

paperwasp42 wrote: post #216

Spivak wrote: post #159

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Yeah this is one of those stories that if you really feel like it's worth telling so that people can understand the experience of trans kids and what it's like as a parent you need to contact a journalist who knows how to do this right so they can tell the story in a way that can't be traced back to you or your child. The very last thing someone who's trans needs is to have a spotlight shoved in their face involuntar…

> The very last thing someone who's trans needs is to have a spotlight shoved in their face involuntarily. Exactly! This seems so incredibly obvious, and I was stunned by the thousands of followers on the page who seemed to nonchalantly view this kid's privacy and wellbeing as a worthy sacrifice for supposed "trans activism." Especially since there were quite a few negative comments from trans individuals pointing ou…

> I would absolutely love to see a policy that forbids the sharing of photos of children, and any identifying details of children, to a public audience. If people want to share those things with their direct network, then sure.

And even that is difficult. I mean, let's say Facebook could be required to forbid people from sharing intimate stuff about children with the world at large, but only let them be visible to family and friends. “Wow, easy, problem solved!”, right? But then there are lots of people who have many hundreds, even thousands, of “friends”. How “direct” a network is that?!? So no, not easy at all.

Re: Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content

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Post by CRConrad » Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 1:48 PM UTC

StrangeATractor wrote: post #236

paperwasp42 wrote: post #231

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I saw a post from the mom mentioning CPS had been called on her, which was the only reason I didn't call myself. I am skeptical of CPS in general, but an 8-year-old with multiple, sophisticated suicide attempts, and a mother making money off these attempts, just seemed way too sketchy to ignore. Unfortunately, it seemed CPS had cleared her. At the time (this was back in ~2017), I shared the page with a friend who wor…

Sort of figures. Kids in America don't really have any rights.

Does anyone?

Oh yeah, I forgot: Rich people do.