conversation with my dad and so I think I went too hard.
I don't know how to fix this, and it wont be in my lifetime (one of the reasons I don't have kids). Honestly. I know that for as much crap we give the younger generations, I learned to set boundaries from Gen Z and baby millennials. I think they're crazy, but I realized I need to stop going "I did this, to get here so you should too" and go "damn, if the 23 year old realizes the job will replace them tomorrow with no remorse, there's no reason I'm thinking of skipping a doctor's visit with my mom."
I come from a family where some weeks, we couldn't afford string cheese (though I was never hungry, always had 3 meals, etc). My parents came from families where they never had enough food; would have to go to school with holes in clothing, etc. I was told, get good grades, go to college, and you can have a fairly lovely, safe life. And that was a lie.
I really don't know how to fix the system or to make it fair. I doubt it will be in my life time, but I think I owe it to the baby Jenners to keep pointing out how corporations play us against each other, that future workers need to be smarter in what they ask for.
