Dear Parents/guardians:

If you constantly feel like you have to tell your kids how good they have it, they probably don't have it as good as you say they do.

“ Thanks for knocking out that gas bill Dad! ”

- when you act like the child’s basic needs as set out by law are somehow luxuries to make your children feel guilty over 😤

WHEN STUFF THAT NOT ONLY YOUR KID NEEDS BUT THAT YOU NEED AND HAVE NEEDED BEFORE HAVING YOUR KID IS SOMETHING TO MAKE THEM FEEL GUILTY OVER BECAUSE ITS NOT AT ALL LIKE YOU DIDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SHIT ALREADY

Feels like this mindset is propped up by our late-capitalist culture that says “no one owes you anything in this world” and that “you have to work hard to earn things, no one’s gonna give you handouts.” In a society where people are left on the streets to die, because even basic necessities are a privilege and not a right, it makes sense parents be dangling food and shelter over their kid’s heads.

Ah yes I too think I should be praised for doing basic adult things.