6yr old has been asking to go see July 4th fireworks. And while I feel no particular measure of patriotism, as it has been appropriated by the foulest of people, I almost feel compelled to take her because what if this Independence Day is the last Independence Day in which we are free in the USA?

Fuck.

This whole thing… all this democracy hanging by a thread fucking shit is next level when you have to explain it to someone so full of optimism and big dreams and love for the entire world.

I am just so fucking scared that all the worst things will come to be. If someone could please coach me through how to parent in the fall of democracy, that’d just be great.

The last 7 yrs or so has been a wild fucking ride and I have done my best. But is it any wonder my child and so many others are riddled with anxiety? We’re hanging on by our fingernails half the time. Gnawing them off the rest of it.

@MotherDucker
I have no children but my parents raised me and my sister in the dying days of state socialism. Their parents had raised them in straight-up totalitarianism. Yes, every one of these three generations is fucked up and dysfunctional. But we all had joy and innocence and fun while growing up. We all turned out good people - albeit good people with issues. I have faith that if it comes to it, you will continue to ace the art of parenting even if the shitshow ossifies into dictatorship