thinking about how many ppl have never seen happy parenting or been able to visualize themselves as happy parents (when this is literally one of the only things literally every human can do and do well)

it’s really sad

so much of life is locked behind being educated or wealthy or knowing the right people or whatever

but 0 education subsistence farmers in 5000 BC without leaving a 20 mi radius their whole lives could be a happy family. happy families weren’t ever invented. we can do it too

to say nothing of how much the act itself of starting a family and having kids makes you a better person and improves your soul if you genuinely care about your family and dont just treat them like a hobby or a chore after you finish your very important job

(and responding to a comment about people who complain about parenthood and especially parents who do so)

like we live in a dystopia of many flavors but dog, it aint your family’s fault. your kids are the closest youre gonna get to someone who isnt corrupted by this blasted planet for pete’s sake. So if you hate your own kids, sounds like youve fallen in love with your dang cage.

this was a tweet thread. nothing particularly eloquent, but i really felt the ideas matter here and i hit a lot of things that i want to remind myself of