2y ago

A Big New Report on American Children Is Out. It’s Horrific.

slate.com

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Jesus.
“Children in the US can be legally married in 41 states, physically punished by school administrators in 47 states, sentenced to life without parole in 22 states, and work in hazardous agriculture conditions in all 50 states.” Over and over again, the worst states for children are clustered around the “pro-life” Bible Belt, and the map of the states that are the worst for children looks a lot like a map of red-state America. (Liberal states, too, have a long ways to go when it comes to protecting kids, but they generally do a bit better.)
And Republicans just want to make it worse.
- Also Republican states have consistently reported higher CSA rates over the past two decades, and a survey of tens of thousands people showed that conservatives are also just more likely to say they are pedophiles.
  
  Looks like we all need to unify around anal sex.
- This is projection and hypocrisy at its finest.
  The more the state proclaims to 'protect children' and promote 'family values', generally the worse it scored on the analysis.
- Physical punishment in schools is still a thing??? I had to endure that back in the 90s, but I thought for sure people would have figured out better ways to discipline kids by now.
  
  I got paddled in 4th grade (late 80s) for saying "bastard". Wasn't screaming it, wasn't calling someone else a bastard, I just said it and I got two whacks for it. Yeah, that was fucking draconian.
- It’s for the children though, think about the children!! /s
  The one thing I’ll disagree with is, if a kid murders their entire family, they should never be allowed to roam free. It’s perfectly acceptable to say “this person is broken and cannot ever exist in society” with a crime like murder.
  
  My take is that if a kid does something that extreme it has probably been forced to work from a very young age, beaten up at home and at school and raped from a very young age.Then been forcefully married and having the rapists child. Just taking some excerpts from the article. Where I live the scenario of a kid killing its own family who’s under the age of 18-20 is unthinkable. Kids must be protected at all costs. Both a good and a bad upbringing will stay with you all your life and shape you for better or worse. I’ve worked with addicts and kids in institutions for many years. There are almost no happy childhoods there.
  
  That kind of extreme example is so rare that it's not really worth basing policy off of.
I’m glad I left the US to have my son born in the Czech Republic (his mother is Czech). Education is better. Health care is better. My employer at the time provided paid paternal leave!
Well that's an article that makes you want to just curl up in a ball and cry after reading.
It's hard to understand what exactly Republicans are trying to protect kids from if not the things listed in that article/study?
- The only things Republicans give a fuck about is staying in power and keeping as much money for the ultrawealthy as possible. Everything else is smoke and mirrors.
  
  A lot of them also care passionately about being allowed to marry children 🤮
- They are protecting them from 1) abortion, and 2) education and opportunity so that they can be wage slaves.
Anyone that votes anywhere should be reading this report.

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