So I didn't mention this but my kids managed to hear some of RFK's comments from a few days ago.
So today my youngest had a meltdown and when we calmed him down he said that he felt as though he was ruining the family...
We of course explained to him only adults can ruin families but now my kids have it in their head that because of their diagnosis they might be ruining a family that isn't even ruined.
And IDK who the hell RFK is to be talking about ruined families he divorced his first wife and Trump has divorced twice. F*** those guys. Despite having all the privilege in the world they ruin families. We without a tenth of their privilege have been married 15 years and our only kids are with each other. We did this shit right and they've done it wrong at every turn and yet they are the ones who get to grandstand and preach to us about how families should be.
We just had to have a long talk with our kids about how only adults can ruin families even though we arn't separating or getting divorced. But they are going to for the next 4 years hear bits pieces about how their diagnosis is destroying other people's lives just by them existing.
This is why I'm not friends with Trump supporters. You all voted for this, this was a very predictable result. And my kids are old enough now that we can't hide them from every bit of news out there and the news they are going to be hearing for the next 4 years at least is that they are less than and their existence is a burden on other people's lives.
I can't imagine what it's like to have adults in charge trying to send you that message at ages 9, 10, and 11. It's worse that likely 2 of their grandparents also believe this shit.