Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Children as Caregivers

There are children drafted as caregivers for unwell family members because nobody else will do it, which of course tends to ruin their education.  America considers this more acceptable than actually providing health care and home support for its citizens.

Some days I just want to belt humanity with a convenient asteroid.  I look at articles like this and wonder how many apocalyptic novels they've inspired.
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>>Sometimes there is simply no one else available to do it.<<

That presupposes the person is capable of doing it at all. Not everyone can. So then there's no one, and things don't get done, and that's a whole different kind of disaster.
Very true also.
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