How we treat our children, how we try to mold them into what we think a good, respectable person is like. Most frequently we’re just trying to mold them into copies of ourselves. And how we protect them from the world, hovering over them, severely restricting their freedom.

Even the most loving and caring people think it’s harmless, but it’s actually exceptionally, horrendously cruel, and it’s an indication of a disturbed mind. They are even too young to know what’s happening to them.

Children are basically raised in a cage that we call “family”. Later we move them into a slightly bigger cage called “school”. They are free to move between them on schedule. If they express their negativity about this whole situation, we express our negativity at them for it. They can’t do much about it, they depend on us for food and shelter, so they learn not to complain too much. On top of that we demand that they love us. Because, of course, we “love” them - look at everything we did for you! And then we wonder why they are depressed when they grow up, and unhappy. And forever looking for love, just like we are.