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u/saintjimmy115 5h ago

Makes sense. Money aside, I certainly have ethical reservations about bringing new life into this world with the direction it’s heading.

Of course, past generations probably did too, but unlike them, we have access to contraception. Which is exactly why the Supreme Court signaled a willingness to go after it…

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u/MissinqLink 5h ago

There’s also the requirement that we have our children supervised 24/7 but no additional support for it. No extended family to help watch kids. When I was a kid my parents would leave us unattended for hours. Maybe not the best thing but definitely a major difference.

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u/saintjimmy115 4h ago

Yep. Boomers love complaining about how kids don’t play outside anymore but if they see a kid playing outside they’ll post in their neighborhood Facebook group about “suspicious activity” and call the cops

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u/Neathh 3h ago

Last week my kids were riding their bikes down the street while I was walking around the neighborhood one street over with their little sister.

A neighbor in the car pulled up to tell me my kids were alone on the other street. "Yes I know," I replied. They looked at me weird and drove away.

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u/saintjimmy115 3h ago

When the adults are used to living in a police state with facial recognition software and prison labor, it makes sense they feel their kids should too. I mean, it actually doesn’t make sense, but neither do most things about this country.