If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature:

- HVAC systems that cleaned viruses out of the air
- at least two child psychologists on staff
- age-appropriate lessons to help children identify abuse
- funding for well-paid staff in numbers sufficient for a buddy system to reduce the chances of abuse
- arts education and after-school clubs to provide third spaces for kids
- massive, safe playgrounds
- protected biking and walking infrastructure from the school to residential neighborhoods

Instead we get “parents’ rights”, funding cuts, book bans, and car-centric infrastructure that kills pedestrians and bikers.

If social media is bad for kids, THEY NEED ALTERNATIVES.

!!!!!

https://arxiv.org/html/2603.21852v2

I found this a VERY interesting article.
https://stevemagness.substack.com/p/the-hidden-cost-of-comfort?r=vst&triedRedirect=true

How comfort is deleting our ability to feel things. The doubling of the age to potty train kids I found astonishing.

“If you give ppl UBI, everyone’s just going to be making pots or painting or something!”

Good!! Good! Can’t express how much more I want to fill my home with pots and paintings than with a stovetop that inexplicably connects to the internet.