kingcheddarxvii:

I just. I have no patience for people who identify themselves as socially conscious/progressive and still dismiss issues of child abuse or try to justify their petty loathing of children. I honestly hope I make a lot of you uncomfortable by talking about it, because so many people, people I KNOW, are terrible about how they treat kids and there is no way all of you reading this exempt from that. If you’re disquieted by the subject then own up to it. Don’t excuse yourself and assume I’m not talking about you. If you’re unfair to kids, even casually, then I am most certainly talking about you. If you can own up to your own ignorance and educate yourself on the struggles of marginalized people then you can do the same for children

Kids needs support, patience, respect, and protection. Being pissed off because some baby wouldn’t stop crying while you were in line at the supermarket doesn’t give you an excuse. Not wanting kids, even though it is a valid and respectable life decision, doesn’t give you an excuse. Kids around the world are abused, exploited, and suffer every day and you don’t get to look away just because your sour, grown ass can’t get over that gif of a baby hitting a cat