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To feel shaken by Liam Paynes death and wonder how we keep our kids safe

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middleagedandinarage · 18/10/2024 10:31

Just that really, I'm a bit old to be a 1D fan and didn't know a huge amount about Liam Payne apart from him being part of one of the worlds most famous boy bands and having a son with Cheryl Cole but I feel very shocked and upset by his death. He was clearly a very troubled man, which I imagine came from being shot to fame at such a young age. Obviously not every child has that pressure but I feel incredibly worried for my own children. How do we keep our children safe and on the right track in a world that seems to have so so many pressures for them

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User14March · 18/10/2024 10:39

I think the fashion for documenting your life via; insta, tiktok, etc is so dangerous. If you are not conventionally ‘cool’ or attractive etc or are neurodiverse etc you are partic vulnerable.

Lemons1571 · 18/10/2024 10:34

Keep away from drugs and the celeb / media industries is a good start

soupfiend · 18/10/2024 10:32

It never goes down well and people will argue against it, but the answer is, keep them off social media, keep them off unsupervised internet, until they are strong enough and resilient enough to see through bull shit

Give most adults cant even do that, I fear its a losing ideal.