Do kids these days know too much?

I blame social media, too.

Honestly I do feel like kids now-a-days are starting to learn more adult topics at a younger age, but then again, I do admit, even I knew what most of things were when I was around their age.

The simple fact is that kids are curious little creatures, and with the internet being around, they are able to access things easily now. An 8 year old me was able to access the internet through dial-up and learn all kinds of adult things at a younger age, too.

It simply can't be helped unless there are some strict restrictions on the parents side. But even then, when kids go to school, the other little curious minds are completely open with their friends and lets them know what they've just recently found out.

But the question is, is it good to let these kids expose themselves to such adult topics? I would say: maybe. Just like I would say it's not fair to completely keep a teen from doing any sort of bad... this is how they learn and will, at least in my opinion, handle themselves a lot better when they get older.

Lets say for example a child that's never been exposed to adult topics or any sort of "wrong doing" finally makes it on their own in college, do you think this teen will be more reckless, a partier, have poor judgement, and ultimately just go "all in" versus a teen who's kind of already exposed themselves to such things? Of course.

So I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing for them to be curious, expose themselves to it, and actually get in trouble for it (the bad things) at a very young age. (To a certain degree, of course. The 14 year old grabbing your butt is... kind of... over board IMO.) I think it helps a lot with the mental development and growth as long as it's handled delicately and the parents are taking responsibility for their child's growth.

I really do hope you had a serious talk with that girl who grabbed your butt. That's just crazy.

 

It depends on what curiosity you are talking about. For example , i myself love history with a passion (along with every other topic of course .) and i really want to know about my ancestry.
Although , its bad when they do something that there not supposed to do . For example , i know some kids who have done stuff kids are not supposed to do (like watch hentai) , and that really disgusts me.
And like Reckmore said , Social Media can be to blame . About 97% of the 11 year oldin my school have a twitter ,facebook, or instagram account .

 

Kids will find ways to go online and look all of this nonsense that other teenagers say or do, its just a normal thing. But honestly, I blame the parents for not putting their parenting into action on this. While I was growing up my parents restricted me from the internet till I was at least 14 because they felt like 8 year olds have no need on going on the computer or having a smartphone (like the 7 year olds you see now). I do believe that kids are learning and growing up really fast, but definitely in the wrong direction.

 

For me, it seems like kids these days know more than they should in terms of...erm, how should I put this...body systems and sexual orientations, I guess. When I was growing up, I had no clue about anything until I had 'The Talk'; nowadays, you see eight-year-olds talking about how big it needs to be, teenagers groping each other every second they can, and all-in-all just knowing things they don't need to. I think they social media is to blame. There aren't as many restrictions on things that need them. Kids watch things mentally traumatizing and keep watching it, and it makes me sad to know at six years old, a young boy's innocence from the world is tarnished.

 

I hate nearly everyone at my school for this reason.
People say I'm quiet and shy. Not at all, I just don't like them.
Knowledge is useful if taught correctly. I learned everything myself at the age of 10, and it was only when I became about 13 that I classified myself as mature.
Teachers have told me I'm one of the mature ones. That's nice to know.
It might explain why I get along better with them than other students.

 

I honestly think it's just human tradition and primal instinct.

As children, we know what reproduction is, but we don't "know" what it is generally until we're older. Violence and gore are very real, and not really something to be appalled with when younger children know about it. There's a level of higher academic and self understanding the more humans as a species progress, since we always build on the knowledge of our ancestors.

There's also a thought process of thinking oneself to be "mature" before the age of 25. I don't really agree with that--if you think yourself to be mature before that time you're not really prioritizing things.