avianne

Writer | I talk a lot about workers' rights

[avianne @_avianne_]

It's also not far from refusing to listen to one's own children. They use the same excuse because from their reasoning, the child doesn't have similar "responsibilities" to even develop such an opinion. Despite that, they have lived experiences and that's also important.

[avianne @_avianne_]

With centering community into your systems of care you learn that folks' lived experiences are qualifiable factors to consider. Folks interactions with others, their means of support and identifiers of harm are qualifiable. They're meant to add, not to diminish one's role.

[Austine @theereal_one]

People without children CAN in fact offer people with children parenting advice.…

[avianne @_avianne_]

However, it's not just parents who can be in that circle of care. Basing folks' qualifiable factors on whether they are parents or not takes away a community of people who interact with kids that have valuable insight.

[avianne @_avianne_]

@theereal_one Not wanting to consider advice/ constructive criticism from folks who don't have kids of their own is alarming. Them applying it to anyone who can't "relate" to their responsibilities takes away a community of folks (including their own children) who can offer so much insight.

[Dr. Jarrel De Matas @jkdematas]

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[avianne @_avianne_]

So often I'm reminded that a lot of folks do not hold that sentiment and it's saddening.

[avianne @_avianne_]

A significant portion of my work ties into not wanting the harms, mistreatment, and even suffering I've experienced and witnessed befall onto others. It's not a rite of passage nor is it a path to build one's character. I simply don't think it's something they should endure.

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[avianne @_avianne_]

All that keeps going through my mind is that we shouldn't have to work *like this* in the first place. Definitely not to acquire what's necessary for us to survive.

[avianne @_avianne_]

Nothing here said anything about entrepreneurship and yet some people thought it was an opportunity to show the differences between the two on what's more "tolerable".

They're shifting focus from the role capitalism plays on all of this to argue about who has it harder 🙃

[☔ @Whotfismick]

9-5’s literally give u no time to collect yourself before u have to go to bed & go back into work the next day

[avianne @_avianne_]

If they don't, respect it and move along.

[avianne @_avianne_]

Also, trying to scare some people with the idea of "loneliness" in their later years if they choose to not have children in a society and economy where people remain exploited and poor (per design) is... 🙃

If you want to genuinely show your support and care toward parenthood-

[avianne @_avianne_]

Oh and to be clear, there are many sides to this but considering ones autonomy, their access to resources and care, and simply whatever they think works best for them at any point in time is important. So if they want to and have, center what's necessary for them.

[avianne @_avianne_]

the standard* (per society's expectations) familial structure.

[avianne @_avianne_]

I'd love to see more people be fixated on strengthening community than trying to use their idea of loneliness as a scare for those who choose not to have children or are disinterested in having children at any point in time.

[avianne @_avianne_]

and time again that things can change within the structures they put so highly on their pedestals as well. What's important is that as we navigate through life, we do so in spaces and amongst people that center love, care, and support and that's not solely confined in-