It's so weird that it feels more and more like either or. Either meds or violence. Parents are overwhelmed with the requirements of the system to constantly produce, making less and less money in relation to cost.
They, too, are somewhat choiceless. Everything we adults do is capitalized. We're constantly manipulated into consuming. To give our attention to what makes money, water for the mills - but not to what is the future.
Yes, adults should be responsible. But I see more and more of them who are not capable of it. They lack even the most basic tools. They can't even want to be what we determine as a "good, responsible" parent.
And then again, the question that we discussed before, and will for the next 10 years until our daughters are grown and we see the results - how do we prepare them for having to deal with that huge amount of quarter-mature beings that are suddenly called adults?
Sometimes, violence from meds.
For sure. The system is very broken. Everything is connected.
Society is breaking apart at the seams.
I have no idea. This is all part of the exploration of that too. I want to do what is right by her, but pretending it is all rosy will do the opposite. She is going to face a lot of hardship, that she wouldn't if society was healthy. A healthy society and the problems are still there, but are very different.
The problems are a lot easier to tackle even if society is at least somewhat healthy. But that's not the direction that the spiral is going. I hope I can provide Lily with enough experiences and hence instinct for situations to handle all that what's coming for us. For now, she's doing great.