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by stymaar 29 days ago
> Nobody wants the Nanny state you propagate.

“You don't even exist, you don't count”.

Come on! Of course some people want it, you are literally arguing with a bunch of these very people right now!

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This is the reaction that worries me.

> It's the parents' job and vast majority of parents do it fine.

This is a thought terminating cliche, and it creates bastions of wilfull ignorance on what reality is.

The only reason I can think of this happening is because its easier to dismiss parents, than it is to engage with the issue.

That doesn't change the issue though!