• sappho [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Being poor in a capitalist society does make you bad at parenting... because it steals your time, drains your energy, and denies you the resources you need for your children. And we are left to raise kids in the atomized and isolated nuclear family without broad social support, behind closed doors that allow abusive and neglectful dynamics to proceed silently and unquestioned.

    But that's all so complicated, so let's just blame individuals for not being good enough