So, I had a really weird train of thought.
In the Ten Commandments, it says to honor your father and mother.
In too many societies, it means that (not all, but still too many) parents feel an entitlement that they can treat their children and grandchildren like crap and still be honoured and served because they gave them life and are their parents/elders.
So, this means parents don’t necessarily respect their children, and the children who aren’t respected would continue the cycle, respecting their kids less than they were respected, because they’re now the parents.
And so on and so forth, which could possibly tie into how the rate of mental health issues are growing (generalising the increased awareness mental health has now).
I understand that this can be easily debunked, and there’s more nuance to all of this. But for people who come from “traditional families”, I’m curious to hear what you think.
I think that overall humanity is getting out of abuse more than it’s going in.
Like, my grandpa fought japanese soldiers in the south pacific. Then he came home and beat his wife and daughter, which compared to bayoneting them was rather mild.
My mother never hit me, but she played all sorts of mind games to protect a part of her that never felt safe, and that fucked me up.
Now I’m unraveling all the weird philosophies and worldviews. I’ll pass on trauma to my kids, but it will be less.
However, we’re also getting into a time when the world shifts faster and faster around us. And while that may be exciting, that excitement and the cognitive effort to adapt to new circumstances will create a physiological load on people that will (already is IMO) making people less “alive” than they could be with proper rest from novelty.