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Well this explains why I often struggle to empathize with conservatives who make this argument. Because I was “adult-ified” at a young age & never really experienced being shielded from complexity like this. & when I try to explain that, they assume that I’m lying & am just ungrateful somehow

The reason times seemed simpler during your childhood is *that you were a child*, and if your parents did their job, they shielded you from a lot of the complexity of *their* adulthood so you could enjoy *your* childhood: pluralistic.net/2025/04/24/h... 5/