>>5478539It's not even about what childhood was better, but rather, the regression in what kids are allowed to do.
This really can't be argued, because it's true. What is being argued is how bad it really is.
Being raised to be paranoid about people and unlikely events, unable to express views for fear of hurting the feelings of others, repressing opinions, censoring facts, entitlement and tons of other shit isn't and hasn't lead to balanced generation Y adults.
This is something you can see on /toy/ and other places, which i did not see before back when i first started using the internet in the 90s.
Yes, there were tons of kids using the internet in the 90s. You're not special and no, kids back then didn't seem smarter than those online today.