I just need to write and vent somewhere. I'm just a concerned parent who's concerned about other parents (and their kids). Having a child is wonderful, it's a miracle, it should be congratulated, but I'm so cynical and salty about it, because, at least in America, it means you have to deal with a Cthulhu amount of paperwork. Good luck if you don't have a job, even gooder luck if you have a job that doesn't pay squat. Go apply for SNAP, EBT, Wic, you'll either get denied, confused, or forgotten. The programs are supposed to be designed to transition people out of poverty. But no it don't. We're stuck here. Waiting for markdowns at the Supermarket. Or worse yet, clamoring for a Wal-Mart-Amazon-Cthulhu Great Greeter Job- with no benefits.
And the politics are brutally benign. Politicians love talking about parents, and their kids, and what they need and don't need, at least Republicans, but being on the left isn't much better. I'm very concerned that my son won't have enough positive male role models growing up because of an inversion of previous gender norms. I really don't care if my boy decides he's a girl who likes girls who likes boys, but at least let them have that dorky science teacher in 5th grade with a handlebar mustache who's way too into their pet tarantula. I'm not worried about “wokism” or even racial justice, my son is a mixed-brown American, he'll have to encounter those things regardless, what I'm actually worried about is the lack of social communities. Public Schools is kinda all he gets, and with how great standardized tests are and how many bosses teachers have…. Everything is meh. I feel like we need better social services and care designed for parents. And really we need a place for parents to come together, ask each other questions, and share common concerns with each other. It's really basic, but… work gets in the way… we've lost commonality with each other… social media and covid messed good talk me can… idk… I really don't think it should be this hard, and me suffering at an individualistic level also isn't helping (it does give therapists a steady stream of income)
And you know… gosh forgive the American who depends on the National-Socialist services of America to create a stronger and more dynamic American for the future workforce of America. How Un-American of me. And. I can talk about my pride in America. But my goodness. The world trembles in fear at the mighty US Dollar, citizens from all over the globe would stake their entire livelihoods just to live here, we have so much food and water, but not enough for our own children. The future generation of this country. The inheritors not just of a planet polluted from climate change, but also a world that was forever changed from the first atomic weapon
And solidarity to the protesters in France. My dad is in his 70s and still “needs” to work.