What If The Depression Of Young People Isn’t About “Tech,” But About “Bad Parenting?”

Maybe the narrative is off a little bit.

You can take this post with a little hint of bias, because I’ve been trying to be a parent for about two decades now naturally and I haven’t quite hit that mark yet.

Parenting, From The Outside Looking In

The common take on parenthood from those within the throes of it is: “Hardest but most rewarding job I’ve ever had.”

Without getting too woke here, it is hard to separate the realities of modern parenting and all you need to juggle from the realities of late-stage capitalism and all you need to juggle therein. The data is sketchy on this stuff, but 50–60 years ago, something like 55% of American families were single-income. Now it’s like 21% and declining. I know some conservative minister fools have come out and gone viral saying “Women working destroyed society.” That’s wrong, and it actually benefits society in many ways, but yes — two parents with demanding jobs, as their own parents age and figure out their finances, is a lot to figure out for anyone. I…