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> So taking any of this as general advice is somewhere between laughable and stupid. Sorry but you read an article in "The Guardian" about how to parent like o
by r0ckarong 2y ago
> So taking any of this as general advice is somewhere between laughable and stupid.
Sorry but you read an article in "The Guardian" about how to parent like one of the wealthiest and privileged nations in Europe and you take this as "general advice". THAT is laughable and stupid.
Most of the stuff in this article that is touted as this utopian freedom for kids is what I strongly associate with poverty around the world.
Taking yourself to and back from school? Taking care of yourself because there is nobody else to do it? Spending time outside because you don't want to stay home? Sounds more like every "black teenager in the projects" story I've ever seen on TV.
Sure, it sucks harder for poor people. So rich people shouldn't give their kids the chance to grow up as real people and learn independence? If you can afford a golden cage, lock your kids up? I don't understand that reasoning.
- sigmoid10 2y agoIt's not about locking your kids up, it's about not doing stupid shit. And what can be considered stupid vastly changes depending on where you live in the world. Curiously, as you apparently have discovered, if everyone is poor, then some aspects of children's lifes are very similar to when everyone is rich. A homogenous society works pretty well in that regard. But when you start mixing rich and poor people, you are asking for trouble. So if you need a real takeaway from all this, it should be that we need to stop the wealth gap from spreading. Not treating your kids like super rich or super poor societies do.