Talking about family abuse and dysfunction just doesn’t seem “sexy”, and parents don’t want to hear that any issues their kids may be having have a decent chance of originating with them.
Because the conversation would quickly shift into “why is the system so broken that this happens?” and that leads to “we should change the system that breaks us and forces us to stay broken.” and that just isn’t allowed.
Parents prefer magic wand explanations: that with one sweep of policy, kids’ problems will magically go away and, conveniently, parents themselves were never at fault.
Intergeneration warfare is more a means of keeping us at each other throats instead of noticing that the system we live in seems to be garbage and needs to be replaced. Get rid of social media? Then the blame will shift back to online chat. Get rid of that? Then its back to video games. Get rid of that? Then its pen and paper role playing games. There’s no end to the combinations of “Antisocial Kids” + “Thing in Society” = “That Kid’s Parents’ Fault”
Because the conversation would quickly shift into “why is the system so broken that this happens?” and that leads to “we should change the system that breaks us and forces us to stay broken.” and that just isn’t allowed.
Intergeneration warfare is more a means of keeping us at each other throats instead of noticing that the system we live in seems to be garbage and needs to be replaced. Get rid of social media? Then the blame will shift back to online chat. Get rid of that? Then its back to video games. Get rid of that? Then its pen and paper role playing games. There’s no end to the combinations of “Antisocial Kids” + “Thing in Society” = “That Kid’s Parents’ Fault”