children are not property. they are not investments. they are not clones. they are not a different species from you, and there is no magical threshold of age at which they go from thoughtless automaton to fully realized adult. we must fight for their safety and education because they are us.

me rn

if i just keep calling different banks eventually i'll find one that has a mysterious lock box under my name with a key that sends me off on a worldwide adventure to find my emeralds. i am SURE of it