You are exactly right. We’re all in this ugly, trapped situation, together, like it or not.

As a parent, do you remove the obviously ruinous toxins from the kiddo’s environment, entirely? Seems like the only sensible choice.

But then again…for the kid, few things could feel worse. An entire childhood spent alienated from their peers? Permanently out of the loop, to where that becomes the personality trait noticed and remembered by others?

What a horrible bargain, I completely hate it.

“Well, a little hideous poison for you, routinely, I guess. I wouldn’t want you to end up weird, after all…”