#child labor is one of the most extreme manifestations of anti-child sentiment under capitalism imo

[pleckthaniel]

One thing is that as I do more therapy and more fully accept that I went through a truly fucking traumatic childhood I only get more passionate about the idea of youth liberation. A lot of people think this is totally kooky, and I know because I have gotten into many arguments about it at this point in my life lol. But I truly think that real liberation would end like 98% of childhood abuse. Our culture of allowing parents near total control over their child's life until the day they turn 18 practically sets parents up to traumatize their children. Like if we adopted the mindset that children are primarily People who just have significantly less life experience than the average and therefore need extra help, compassion, & protection - wouldn't you think children would have a much better experience of the world? Instead of publicly regarding then as trophies, pets, nuisances, or scapegoats depending on their age and disposition. Surely you remember how that felt, being treated like an object by most adults for nearly two decades! Do you really think it was right for you to feel that way? We can end this madness. But it starts with accepting that children are a socially oppressed class.

#child labor is also a youth liberation cause btw for all yall whove been posting about it so much recently #cause with the total lack of autonomy or control over their finances that children have. child labor is arguably a form of slavery #(lets not even get into the fact that kids of color have even less autonomy and protection than white kids-) #child labor is one of the most extreme manifestations of anti-child sentiment under capitalism imo #scout talks high #youth liberation #sociology major on main #man i took a class about youth for my soc degree and for a while almost every week i would cry at one of the studies we read #there was one that was interviews with kids in juvie.. that was really tough #anyway