Most Americans don't know what humans need to thrive, believe in Independence over interdependence, and think denying children their needs is what's necessary.

Most Americans don't know what humans need to thrive, believe in Independence over interdependence, and think denying children their needs is what's necessary. My mother in law thinks we're raising a self-centered child because we immediately meet their needs. She's ignorant of trauma and the effects her parenting style had on my partner. She's only now learning about body autonomy. We had to ask her not to make our child the butt of jokes, especially those that play on our kid's lack of understanding or difficulty communicating clearly. Our child only just turned one. I'm pretty sure the grandma who insists on investing in Bitcoin despite its environmental impact to further her own wealth is projecting a lot of nonsense. That's what happens when someone raises a child to deny reality and believe in their own projected judgments: you get a confused old person who is unintentionally advising others to harm children by denying their needs. There is nothing new to me about how she thinks. It's the norm for almost all the adults I grew up around.