see: Maslow’s Hierarchy. Then consider that “seeing the ocean” may fall more in the area of Self Actualization than food, shelter, love, family, safety, etc.I see that as a representation of how shitty some parents are. Imagine never bothering to show your kid the ocean when it could be done in an afternoon using public transit? If we view having reasonable parents as a privilege that normalizes shitty parenting. I'm all for helping out kids who had the bad luck to be born to shitty parents but at the same time clearly placing the shame and blame for their situation on said parents, not society at large. #fundplannedparenthood
If you have all the bases below covered, then yes, not seeing the ocean could be seen as “shitty parenting” (or more charitably as “differing values”). But that is the point of privilege in dialogue today. You are privileged to not have to worry about anything other than self actualization in any meaningful way on a daily basis.
the point here is neither the kids in this example, nor their parents, have their bases in Maslow’s Heirarchy covered, and as such, it’s incredibly obtuse to think that not seeing the ocean is because of “shitty parenting”.
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