• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I’m pretty autistic, so you’re not allowed to write this off as “people using magic communication I can’t understand because I’m smart” or whatever your model of the current situation is.

    When a person says it is not a parent’s job to protect their kids, you already know what it means. It’s right there in your three bullet point.

    • dont get into strangers cars
    • dont let strangers into the house
    • look both ways when crossing the road

    If a parent’s job were protecting their kids, these would read:

    • Don’t let your kids near roads or cars
    • Don’t give your kids control over the door
    • Don’t let your kids cross roads

    Like, if I was given care of a dog for a week while their owners went on vacation, and my job were to “protect the dog”, I wouldn’t be putting the dog in any of the situations where its own choices were the source of its safety.

    Are you ready to stop pretending that you don’t see?