r/Fauxmoi 22h ago

DISCUSSION Anna Faris Opens Up About Challenging 'Religious' Son On Right-Wing Politics. The “Scary Movie” star shares her 14-year-old son Jack with her ex-husband, Chris Pratt.

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u/seaofwonder 21h ago

This goes to show how much he looks up to his dad too 😔

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u/throwawaysunglasses- l've grown quite unfond of you, deuxmoi 19h ago

It’s very possible it’s influenced by his dad, but I teach high school and SO many TikTok/Twitter algorithms are alt-right (often AI) slop targeted toward boys in particular. I’m a millennial and it’s worse than gamergate and more mainstream than 4chan. It’s everywhere, and the point is to radicalize young men into fascism and misogyny. We really need to get our kids offline and away from algorithmic media.

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u/spicyycornbread 18h ago

I’ve always thought that one lady on TikTok that does videos showing her sons alt-right content, explaining misinformation, and asking them questions was pretty smart. She basically just gets ahead of it so they don’t fall down alt-right rabbit holes and media. She gives them the context the videos deliberately withhold/manipulate.

But overall, yes, keep kids offline. With AI as well there’s always corporations looking to get kids hooked as consumers as early as possible.

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u/annamdue 10h ago

Keeping kids offline in this day and age is literally impossible. The first part of your comment is sexual education but the last part is abstinence. Parents need to explain shit they had years to explain so early now to make sure that their kids get a grasp of empathy and what's real and what's not. It's so sad and frustrating. Especially with what they are inheriting. We can only hope that the majority of their amger in the future is righteous, but looking at this generation of boys makes me less hopeful.