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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I was both expected to be a "star" academically... and at home, be the scullery maid- cleaning up, both physically and psychologically, for the other members of my family of origin.

What I was NOT allowed was to have a separate life, apart from their demands and requirements.

This has made me really resentful of being a caretaker, EVER- though I try to get past that when it's someone I love. And I do my damnedest not to require or need caretaking myself.

The stress of it all, when I was in my teens, gave me chronic ulcers. -Which, of course, no one took seriously.

Wow, that is some serious bullshit to heap on someone.

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