One privilege my kids have is parents that can shower them with so many things to exercise their intellectual abilities, including love, time and means.
I think of the gap between my childhood and their own. My mother was attentive and 100% dedicated to baby me, but she didn't have money or means, and life was generally hard.
So my children and me both got love, but means makes so much of a difference.
So my children and me both got love, but means makes so much of a difference.
Having educated parents is also a giant privilege. I didn't have that.
This house has over 1000 books. Not only are these kids expected to read, but it's...safe. They read what they want and take their minds in their preferred direction. That choice is amazing.
This house has over 1000 books. Not only are these kids expected to read, but it's...safe. They read what they want and take their minds in their preferred direction. That choice is amazing.
My life changed when as an 11-year-old child I got real access to a library. I started eating books. A common joke with my dad was "you are always reading." (He was so proud but didn't know how to express it)
There was this entire world for me to discover in books.
There was this entire world for me to discover in books.
Anyway, I was thinking about the push to ban certain books for kids, and to control the useful knowledge they have access to. For kids without means, that will limit the world they'll be able to discover, and their place in it.
Sorry for the stream of thought thread.
Sorry for the stream of thought thread.
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