The Obligatory 'Think Of The Children' Post
“Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man"
It sounds like I’m being flippant but I’m dead, fucking serious. What is this COVID hell doing to children? I guess we’ll have to wait a couple decades to truly find out. Are they going to grow up to be hypochondriacs? Will they lack social skills? Will they be “workplace shooters” (assuming workplaces are still a thing)? What is the evolving psychology of a child who is sitting in a classroom 7-8 hours a day masked, being told to keep their distance from others? Sure, HOMESCHOOL YOUR KIDS! But not everyone can do that. And if you are one of the people running around screaming that at people as your only solution, maybe you should ask yourself if you’re signaling to people that you hate them. And then why would they listen to you?
As I showed in my last post, more children have been shot in Chicago this year than have died from/of/with(?) COVID nationwide. But if you bring up shootings in Chicago you’re a racist. And if you bring up COVID survivor stats you’re a “science denier.” And if you bring up Ivermectin you advocate taking “horse paste.” Are you starting to understand the world your kids are growing up in? Not only are they being masked and isolated, but they’re being taught that the only truth is government/corporate media truth. How long before there is widespread discussion about how parents who are against this COVID-tyranny are a danger to their children? It’s started.
We are in a “theatre of the absurd.” Imagine living in a free society and taking plane to a foreign country where there were markers on the floor separated by an arbitrary distance you were expected to stand on, everyone was wearing masks, some were wearing two masks AND a face shield, and the newscasts all talked about a pandemic where less than 1% of the infected succumbed to the virus but you were demonized for mentioning any of it. And the people who were forced to live like this were defending it violently!
Now imagine asking them a question contrasting their restaurant to school etiquette such as this one:
They would either become enraged, or look upon you like a madman. I teeter back and forth between the two when addressing these people.
I always recommend homeschool and I remind everyone that where there is a will there is a way. Most homeschool families sacrifice in ways others haven’t considered. They have maybe one car, maybe they have no babysitters or date nights ever. And on that note, if one is a single parent who has a job looking to homeschool despite the obvious conflict of schedule, REACH OUT on FB to homeschooling networks and meet them TODAY! After work, on the weekends, meet these families. There is a 99.95% these mothers need a night off to get their nails done, a weekend off, a date night to save their challenged, sexless marriages. They won’t say it. When you and your kids start to get to know them and their kids, offer respite on your inconvenient for homeschool hours. See if they will barter for homeschooling your kids. We did just that two years ago with another working homeschool family. I took their girls during the week and they took our boys off our hands on the weekends. It IS possible. But like all things NEW NORMAL we have to be creative and think beyond your old normal to get there. Homeschooling doesn’t happen by magic for anyone. I don’t hate people. I offer solutions and if their priorities are truly in order, they will, like others, find a way. If they are waiting for stare pedos to set up a babysitting system in their honor, they get that, I presume.