Maybe we should be asking kids. Clearly us adults aren’t qualified to run a country.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Um… as a parent, there’s no way kids know what is good for them.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 4 months ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s because they’re your kids. Don’t judge others’ kids based on your goblins.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You clearly don’t realize that a good chunk of the backbone of Reddit was literally developed by a 13 year old.
valek879@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I mean that’s cool but also not really a rebuttal to the user above. Now the person above is not correct. Kids absolutely know when they’re getting the short end of a deal or at least when it comes to stuff they care about. And Congress didn’t give a flying fuck about the good of the children or we’d have a food guarantee for all children and single prayer health care already.
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 4 months ago
single prayer health care
That’s the problem, we need more prayers! My new favorite typo
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Must be one hell (pun intended) of a prayer to cover everything!
the_q@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oh yeah… We got a typical “my way or the highway” parent who thinks their children aren’t human beings with their own thoughts and emotions.
iiGxC@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Either the kids are right and congress is failing them, or the kids are wrong and congress is failing to communicate to them. Either way it’s a problem and the adults are failing the kids
GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 4 months ago
As a parent, there is a way for kids to know what’s good for them.
What kids lack is experience and emotional maturity, not an understanding of their needs. If you actually listen to kids, they’ll surprise you with their observant, creative, and intelligent minds.
No, we shouldn’t rely solely on what they say, but to exclude them entirely from the conversation is wrong for so many reasons
Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Unless your children are under 2, you are doing them an enormous disservice by dismissing their views on the world like this. Children u derstand a lot more than you think and you can have wonderfull conversations on meaningfully subjects with kids under 10 even… above 10 they will even amaze you more.
wahming@monyet.cc 4 months ago
All the bad choices and dumb decisions I made as a kid… Everybody downvoting this is either a kid or suffering from amnesia.
ricdeh@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Or have you considered the possibility that that might just have been a “you problem”?
the_q@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Did you ever consider you were a shitty kid and that your experience isn’t everyone’s?
bstix@feddit.dk 4 months ago
The point of the article isn’t to ask the kids. It’s to display that congress is doing such a poor charade that even kids, who are supposed to understand nothing, fully understands that congress is doing obvious bullshit.
ctkatz@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
the lesson that I’m afraid is being taught is that if we vote for our leaders and our leaders not only do nothing but act like they are or will do something just to get elected that voting is meaningless. I don’t want to perpetuate the thought that nothing will change so don’t bother voting because then nothing really will change.