Recently, while talking to a circle of friends about child-rearing, one mother compared an infant's tendency to throw tantrums when sugary foods were withdrawn to what many parents were facing with modern children's video programs and that she'd learned in the groups she belonged to that numerous parents were now switching to showing their children the shows they'd grown up watching as those shows did not have the same destabilizing effects on their children.

As we discussed this topic (e.g., many of us have banned screens after noticing how negatively they impact developing nervous systems), I realized this needed to be publicly discussed due to:

•How unfair and tragic it is that due to the modern toxicity they are bombarded with, so many children no longer have health and spark within them which brings joy to everyone around them.

•All the problems we discussed with children directly tie into the central issues I feel are facing much broader segments of society (e.g., the dopamine trap society uses to control us and make us feel dead inside).

Note: it continually astounds me (and those I point it out to) how different naturally raised children are, and how much rarer they are becoming, given the many fronts on which the predatory forces around us are attacking our health. For those interested, some of the most important strategies I've come across for raising healthy children are discussed here.

Addictive Programing

Large swathes of parents describe modern children's content (particularly YouTube videos like CoComelon) as highly engaging to the point of addiction, with intense emotional reactions when removed:

• A 2025 Talker Research survey of 2,000 U.S. parents found 22% report "full-on tantrums" as a side effect of excessive screen time, alongside irritability (27%) and mood swings (24%).