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:FACEPALM: A Facebook posting by my 25-year-old niece

So I logged onto Facebook a little while ago, and came across this posting from my niece. Initially, I only saw the original posting. THEN I saw her follow-up comment:



This isn't the first time I've heard a younger person making comments along these lines. But who is feeding these kids this stuff? I responded to her, but I did so pretty delicately because I am not interested in starting a family row. Here is what I said in response:



Obviously, there's much more that could be, and indeed should be, said. But somehow, I think a better approach is just to try, in a non-combative, non-confrontational way, to plant one idea in her head, to give her just a little

What a depressing, not to mention disappointing, exchange.

I am pleasantly shocked that this exchange occurred on CNN!