Good mental health for your kids

[Isaac]

Report: Conservative parents more likely to raise mentally healthy teens

Conservative and very conservative parents are more likely to raise mentally healthy teens compared to liberal parents, according to a new study from the Institute for Family Studies and Gallup.

www.carolinajournal.com

 

[conception_native_0123]

of course Isaac. I don't even need to click on your link to know that! ha!

 

[Galaxiom]

Hardly surprising. The Institute of Family Studies is a religious organisation with an agenda. Their measurement of mental health will no doubt be heavily biased towards their own values.

 

[MarkK]

The echo chamber I occupy is the best. This is evidenced by factual reporting from within my own echo chamber, echo chamber, echo chamber.

 

[Isaac]

Hardly surprising. The Institute of Family Studies is a religious organisation with an agenda. Their measurement of mental health will no doubt be heavily biased towards their own values.

No actually the Gallup poll just came out with the same results the other day. 77 to 53%

No more excuses?

 

[moke123]

Hardly surprising. The Institute of Family Studies is a religious organisation with an agenda. Their measurement of mental health will no doubt be heavily biased towards their own values.

Not to mention that The Carolina Journal is not a newspaper but a website of the John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank.

 

[Isaac]

Not to mention that The Carolina Journal is not a newspaper but a website of the John Locke Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Nope, it's Gallup too. Essentially the same survey, same results

 

[Isaac]

@Pat Hartman in fact their criticism is even MORE sketchy than that - the Gallup is the ones who did the survey, Carolina and Fox are simply the ones who reported on it (of course, as no other mainstream media outlet in their liberal echo chamber would dare suggest this).

Again, if you don't read conservative news, you're only getting a tidbit of truth.

Gallup can do a million surveys but you will only know about the ones you hear reported on.

Criticizing the bias of those who reported it is like saying I won't accept a Reuters syndication stream if it goes through Fox

 

[Galaxiom]

Just as I suggested. The article contorts the original poll to suit the agenda of the publisher. They decided for themselves that a strong parental relationship meant conservative parents. Of course Isaac laps it up because it fits his prejudices.

Most of the survey is comparing mental health with the amount of time spent on social media.

The standout in the base Gallup material shows that the mental health of teens is far more strongly related to the quality of the relationship with their parents and that a strong parenting relationship actually negates the effect of social media time.

There is not a single word about the difference between conservative and liberal parents in the Gallup article. That was all added by The Carolina Journal to fit their narrative.

Also note that none of the data is objectively measured but relies on self reporting.

Parenting Mitigates Social Media-Linked Mental Health Issues

According to a Gallup survey, strong parent-teen bonds have a greater impact on teen mental health than social media usage.

news.gallup.com

 

[Isaac]

There is not a single word about the difference between conservative and liberal parents in the Gallup article. That was all added by The Carolina Journal to fit their narrative.

The article was very accurately described by Carolina, but you re-worded things to try to come up with some excuse, which you've had a hard time doing and are very unconvincing. We all know what conservative and liberal means, and the conservative parents' kids came out way ahead on this one, sorry but you're just wrong

 

[Isaac]

Perhaps I'll simplify this for you: I think you looked at the wrong study. Here is a screenshot from the Gallup study, which absolutely did query by 'liberal' and 'conservative'

This was done by Gallup, in partnership with the institute for family studies - but supposedly you should trust Gallup, right??

But I'm sure you'll find some other way to excuse the results - and lap that up

https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/briefs/ifs-gallup-parentingteenmentalhealthnov2023.pdf

 

[Isaac]

There is not a single word about the difference between conservative and liberal parents in the Gallup article. That was all added by The Carolina Journal to fit their narrative.

That's a bold faced lie, but I forgive you, as I realize you have a strong need to try to go around debunking everything that might possibly suggest what this article suggests.

I hope you have a great day and a better rest of the week!

 

[moke123]

Perhaps I'll simplify this for you: I think you looked at the wrong study. Here is a screenshot from the Gallup study, which absolutely did query by 'liberal' and 'conservative'

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This was done by Gallup, in partnership with the institute for family studies - but supposedly you should trust Gallup, right??

But I'm sure you'll find some other way to excuse the results - and lap that up

https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/briefs/ifs-gallup-parentingteenmentalhealthnov2023.pdf

that chart is not in the gallup study

 

[Isaac]

check out the link for the full study - it's all there, and it's precisely as first described

 

[moke123]

I read it beginning to end.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/513248...social-media-linked-mental-health-issues.aspx

 

[Isaac]

No, you didn't. I posted a link of PDF to the study I was referring to, not the one you keep trying to lead us to

 

[Isaac]

You found a related study that was done afterwards.
You can also see the study I am referring to here https://news.gallup.com/poll/512576/teens-spend-average-hours-social-media-per-day.aspx
Which directly correlates political views of parents with screentime with mental health - this is what the graph came from.

The original post still stands as true

 

[Galaxiom]

The study moke123 and I referred to is a followup that reveals that strong parental relationships is actually the relevant factor in good mental health and holds independently of the amount of screen time.

The fact that conservative parents are more likely to limit screen time and less screen time related to better mental health led to the mistaken claim that conservative parental attitudes are the cause of better mental health.

 

[AccessBlaster]

The fact that conservative parents are more likely to limit screen time and less screen time related to better mental health led to the mistaken claim that conservative parental attitudes are the cause of better mental health.

Mistaken by who?

 

[Isaac]

Mistaken by who?

Incorrect. In the study that I referred to, there was actually a metric about liberal and conservative. It was not simply an inference based on screen time