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Comment by renewiltord

16 hours ago

Everything is traumatizing to these people. Their mother told them to hold the bottle for their baby sister. Oh no, what is this? Is this Parentification, the Source of More Trauma? Despite the fact that the elder sibling would prefer to sleep, perchance to dream-- and there lies the rub! For in that sleep, what trauma comes!

Do you want your kids to grow up in a single-room household with 4 adults and 8 children?

  • If this were the only way they would exist, then it would not stop me from bringing them into being. My ancestors made the right choice. I will not deny my genetics their legacy.

    If I choose other conditions, it’s not because of trauma but because comfort is good.

    • Right, you prefer other conditions because they're better.

      We have decades of research to show that more space and privacy is not merely a matter of comfort. Or, if it is, that "comfort" affects more things than one would expect.

      I've already linked to them above.

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