When Will We Stop Normalizing Child Abuse?
Almost a year ago, I wrote “Sacrificing Our Children on the Altar of Covid”. https://gershondistenfeld.blogspot.com/2020/09/sacrificing-our-children-on-altar-of.html I knew already back then after speaking to various psychologists and educators that we were abusing our children, but refrained from calling it what is was on the advice of those who felt that I would lose my audience by doing so. I now regret following that advice and I won’t make the same mistake this time. It’s clear that we as a society are abusing our children. And I’m going to use the term “abuse” continuously here because that’s what it is. Period. It’s not the physical kind and I’m not here to argue whether it’s more or less severe than any other form of abuse. But abuse is abuse. And treating our children in a way that stunts their psychological, emotional, social and educational development definitely qualifies. And just like I would hope that any decent person wouldn’t stand idly by when they know that a ch...