Nine Ways to Raise Fearful, Unhappy, and Woke Kids (Without Really Trying) - Intellectual Takeout

Some surefire tips for raising down-in-the-mouth, doom-and-gloom wokesters who understand early on that the world is a decayed mess. - Jeff Minick

...Would it not be better to raise youngsters who are unhappy with life, depressed like so many Americans and terrified of the future?

Here are just a few maneuvers that can help cast a storm cloud over the sunshine of childhood in this year of our trouble and turmoil.

• Discuss current events in front of your six-year-old. Bring up abortion, riots, and the war in Ukraine. Climate change in particular is apt to scare the pants off little Johnny and leave him in a state of terror. Knowing that the planet is going to implode because he’s been born will likely induce guilt for the remainder of his days—though that attitude may cost you grandchildren someday.
• Complain constantly about the high price of gas, groceries, and housing...