Prostitution of minors in France rises by 43 percent in four years

This is actually really terrifying, even just thinking about it on a surface level. What we're seeing in the US is a backslide of epic proportions in mainstream science and health policies (yes yes I know, its not *all*, not like anyone will read this line anyway) Its really not going to take much at all, maybe several tens of thousands of dollars, to convince rfk jr to allow mass lobotomy again..... Oh Lord I hope that never happens. Unfortunately we live in 2026 where rhe rules don't matter and "facts" are made up.

I honestly think if I was born two or three decades earlier this is what my adoptive mother would have done and no one would have blinked. She liked the idea of having kids and helping people(worked in the medical field, supported humanitarian organizations, and adopted a few kids to give them a better chance at life). In reality, it seemed like she kind of hated the responsibility of it all and resented said people for relying on her(there was a lot of condescending venting while I was growing up). I realized over the years that if something didn’t help her image…she eventually turned them into problems. Problems that then became someone else’s responsibility to fix(she’d just throw money at it or consider things a lost cause and focus on the next thing). When I was going through an emotionally turmoil period in my teens, both my mother’s sister and my father and stepmother were willing to have me stay with them to get away from a domestic/emotionally abusive environment(or at least see if that would help). My mother and her husband didn’t want to look like bad parents and be embarrassed/judged so my aunt got told “No”(what if she parents better?). They then used resources and their credentials to paint me as a morally corrupt and emotionally unstable teen who should be locked up in a facility until age 21. Then be put into a home after since I wouldn’t have the skills to live independently and wasn’t “normal”. A legal battle ensued between her and my father. My mother almost succeeded in getting her way. The judge decided to give the other set of parents a shot last minute. My problems didn’t go away with the change, but things improved significantly. There was a lot of catching up to do on basic milestones toward adulthood in a very short amount of time. Some years later I found out the reason my mother thought giving me over to the state was better than my father was because his child support payments would stop since each parent would then have full time custody of a kid. My mother didn’t want to lose that extra income because her abusive husband never contributed financially in the years they were married(it’s been 20 years since and he still doesn’t). My step-mom suspected this was their real motive rather than the stated “we’re looking out for her best interest; she needs serious professional help that you can’t provide” at the time. My mother later confirmed it when she was venting about her husband and talking about my younger sister one day. Oddly enough my younger sister actually wanted to live with my dad after their divorce. She begged both parents for like a year when she was 5/6. They adored each other but the courts wouldn’t allow it since my mother refused and there wasn’t an “abuse”problem. By the time my father got full custody of her with the court’s involvement just over a decade later, the emotional/psychological damage had been done and set in super deep. There wasn’t much he and my stepmom could do. My sister’s relationship with him never recovered. Even after all this, My mother still sees herself as a struggling, good person who did the best she could with broken people rather than realizing a lot of harm was caused by her and her own unstable image.

Nowadays they just stick a worm in their brain

I’m sorry you had to find out this way 

Did you also walk on your toes a lot as a kid?

Who is belittling it?

I’m 36 and wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 34. Looking back I 100% showed signs of it growing up. My parents are definitely of the “it’s not real they just want to sell Ritalin” types.

The smartphones/tablets means the ADHD kid can just sit down in a corner and zombie out. 

No explanation has ever been provided for how someone's genetics cause them to have (or not have) ADHD. At best, you could say some studies have found a correlation between some genes or mutations and being diagnosed with ADHD. That doesn't mean it's caused by genetics.

Not saying you're wrong. I genuinely don't know enough about it. But, as someone with ADD and both my parents do not, could you please show a source. I genuinely want to read more about it.

There are millions of people who would be more upset at them getting money than being SAd

Is that your medical professional opinion, or your emotional response?

It's only overwhelmingly men in the public perception because when a woman does it everyone either ignores it, treats it as a joke, downplays it, or congratulates the victim.

This is… super accurate. There absolutely are people struggling who need help. But for the Epsteins and Trumps out there, it’s really just the culmination of everything patriarchy upholds. I don’t think these people are true “pedophiles”- they are just opportunists who get off on wielding power. There is a difference between specifically only wanting children and just being happy to exploit those most vulnerable.

I see gen z shitting on Millennials all the time but at least we don't self censor ourselves all the f****** time

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