i knew the state of societyâs view of children was bad but i didnât realize just how dire the situation was was until the lockdown began. this last month or so has really opened my eyes to how much people dislike children, even their own children, simply because they exist and they need them because you know⊠theyâre small humans without the capacity to care for themselves. it seems harmless but memes talking about how parents need alcohol to deal with their kids or canât wait for their kids to go back to school so someone else can deal with them does harm in that it dehumanizes children and puts blame on the children for existing when itâs not the childâs fault they were brought into the world. it also brings about another uncomfortable fact: if you donât like the way your children behave, barring them having a behavioral disorder or disability, youâre probably to blame and need to reevaluate how youâre raising them. children are more than innocent bystanders⊠they are helpless and absolutely reliant on the adults around them to not only provide for them, but to show them love which in turn sets the precedent for how they will love in the future. this attitude implying they asked to be here and that itâs okay to joke about how annoying they are has got to stop.Â
