• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    It’s obviously not the kids fault and we are punishing the wrong people. The parents are just doing something their parents probably did.

    But parents shouldn’t give 10 year olds responsibility over 7 year olds, and I’m very firm in that belief. Even if it was on their own property. Kids get messed up by being forced to be responsible for other kids, and the other kids get messed up by having kids be responsible for them. It’s a toxic dynamic that’s baked into our society.

    Kids shouldn’t raise kids, not even for a small walk to and from the corner store.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      1 hour ago

      But parents shouldn’t give 10 year olds responsibility over 7 year olds, and I’m very firm in that belief.

      This is the reply I gave someone else, and it addresses your points, too.

      I’m going to leave that as my last reply.