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Government ruined child hood, in particular over zealous DFACs units have ruined parenthood as well to education where a child not being supervised is a child n

Government ruined child hood, in particular over zealous DFACs units have ruined parenthood as well to education where a child not being supervised is a child not enjoying themselves. Seriously, when did we come to the belief that children need structured activities all the time. Easy answer, when government employees stepped in. When politicians and government employees decided they knew better than parents or children what children needed. After all parents might not impart values that politicians decided are correct! Then comes DFACS and the police state to bully parents into complying because the power of state arrayed against them is so one sided that the only chance you have is to surrender your parental rights or be stupid rich enough to fight back.

mieseratte 7y ago
> in particular over zealous DFACs units What does DFAC mean in this case? I assume it isn't "Dining Facilities."
- doitLP 7y ago
  Department of Family and Child Services
- bregma 7y ago
  Department of Fish and Crustaceans. It's our brave men in black suits and parades of black SUVs who battle the threat of seafood in our cities in opposition to the allergies brought on by vaccinations. If it weren't for the government pushing those vaccines on our children we wouldn't have to be fighting lobsters tooth and claw. Mostly claw.
barberousse 7y ago
DFACS' also force many children who could be fostered out of falling into homelessness and poverty before they're even 18 because none of them want to report their case or else they'll be separated from their siblings. Got that from the older brother of a pair of young black siblings panhandling on both sides of a crosswalk. You "do something about it" short of taking them in yourself (that's a tall order) and you've just fucked those two brothers' relationship for the rest of their life.
efwefwefpppokk 7y ago
You are stating things bluntly, but you are not wrong. A lot of things that people take for granted as "social goods" are littered with moral hazards, which in many cases, make the cure worse than the poison. It's true of cultural phenomenons as well as private institutions, but it is 10x as applicable to government programs where no opt-out mechanism exists. The scope of schools, social services, police, etc. in the US are all perfect examples of this. We are now at the point where children from ages 6 and up are doing more work than full-time office workers. My nephew (4th grade in Missouri) leaves for school at 7:45 AM, comes home at 4:00 PM, usually with 2-3 hours of homework a day. And when he does happen to get free-time? Oh, better carry his phone and be with an adult. Frankly, it's total madness, and I'm glad that I am not a child in today's world. I can't help but feel that this is the result of decades of grand-standing. Every single person wants brownie points for being seen as someone who "supports school". Of course, supporting school never means improving current paradigms, it always translates to "more school days, more supervision, more money, more teachers, more subjects, more more more". New idea, next time someone suggests adding more to a school curriculum, ask them to project the increase in teen suicides. That's a low-blow and an emotional appeal, but that's where things are at right now.

mieseratte 7y ago

> in particular over zealous DFACs units What does DFAC mean in this case? I assume it isn't "Dining Facilities."

doitLP 7y ago
Department of Family and Child Services
bregma 7y ago
Department of Fish and Crustaceans. It's our brave men in black suits and parades of black SUVs who battle the threat of seafood in our cities in opposition to the allergies brought on by vaccinations. If it weren't for the government pushing those vaccines on our children we wouldn't have to be fighting lobsters tooth and claw. Mostly claw.

barberousse 7y ago

DFACS' also force many children who could be fostered out of falling into homelessness and poverty before they're even 18 because none of them want to report their case or else they'll be separated from their siblings. Got that from the older brother of a pair of young black siblings panhandling on both sides of a crosswalk. You "do something about it" short of taking them in yourself (that's a tall order) and you've just fucked those two brothers' relationship for the rest of their life.

efwefwefpppokk 7y ago

You are stating things bluntly, but you are not wrong. A lot of things that people take for granted as "social goods" are littered with moral hazards, which in many cases, make the cure worse than the poison. It's true of cultural phenomenons as well as private institutions, but it is 10x as applicable to government programs where no opt-out mechanism exists. The scope of schools, social services, police, etc. in the US are all perfect examples of this. We are now at the point where children from ages 6 and up are doing more work than full-time office workers. My nephew (4th grade in Missouri) leaves for school at 7:45 AM, comes home at 4:00 PM, usually with 2-3 hours of homework a day. And when he does happen to get free-time? Oh, better carry his phone and be with an adult. Frankly, it's total madness, and I'm glad that I am not a child in today's world. I can't help but feel that this is the result of decades of grand-standing. Every single person wants brownie points for being seen as someone who "supports school". Of course, supporting school never means improving current paradigms, it always translates to "more school days, more supervision, more money, more teachers, more subjects, more more more". New idea, next time someone suggests adding more to a school curriculum, ask them to project the increase in teen suicides. That's a low-blow and an emotional appeal, but that's where things are at right now.