I'm sure a lot of it is adults, but there's also a feedback effect, even when it's just kids.
Remember when you were 12, how you always wanted to show you know you knew more than you actually did? now imagine you had access to academic journals talking about things way above your head and you've been hanging out with kids who like to pretend they're magical animals from the kingdom of the Sparkle Pixies or wherever, and you've got other kids bullshitting you from halfway across the globe, claimg their "dad" or "aunt" or whatever is an advanced research in zoonotic biology or something.
Either way, if you have kids, you should definitely know who they're talking to and what they're talking to them about, if for no other reason so you can counter the bullshit, because once stuff like this gets into your head, it's a bitch getting it out.
Case in point: I used to be a global warming true believer.
I'm sure a lot of it is adults, but there's also a feedback effect, even when it's just kids.
Remember when you were 12, how you always wanted to show you know you knew more than you actually did? now imagine you had access to academic journals talking about things way above your head and you've been hanging out with kids who like to pretend they're magical animals from the kingdom of the Sparkle Pixies or wherever, and you've got other kids bullshitting you from halfway across the globe, claimg their "dad" or "aunt" or whatever is an advanced research in zoonotic biology or something.
Either way, if you have kids, you should definitely know who they're talking to and what they're talking to them about, if for no other reason so you can counter the bullshit, because once stuff like this gets into your head, it's a bitch getting it out.
Case in point: I used to be a global warming true believer.