I think you’re over-parsing their language. A lot of people just naturally use gender neutral language on social media by habit.
Also, advice is often given generally. Although we’re talking about a specific kid, the advice is directed towards any other parent reading the advice as well.
This article assumes a lot of contextual familiarity on the part of the reader.
I pay attention to Israeli-Palestinian news pretty closely, and even I don’t know what is going on between the Druze and the Bedoins. Really, the extent of my understanding is that these are both minority ethnic groups in Israel. Neither is treated well by the government or society, but they’re also not generally targeted as harshly as Palestinians.
I don’t know what beef there is between these groups, although I’m displeased to hear that people are abducting people.
OP, if you could provide greater context I’d be appreciative.
Gaza has collapsed. It is beset by famine and starvation. Widespread unavailability of fuel is exacerbating the collapse of infrastructure and systems essential to preserve life. Gaza is in large parts no longer habitable.
I’m so sick of articles saying it’s on “the edge of collapse” or “teetering on famine” or “soon to be uninhabitable”.
It happened. It’s a killing field. All life in Gaza is now persisting in spite of efforts to extinguish it. Nursing mothers cannot produce milk. The elderly die for lack of basic 20th century medicines. No food can grow and what water there is is tainted and unsafe to drink. Hospitals are barely more thanpiles of rubble at which the doctors who’ve not yet been assassinated tearfully go to provide insufficient care to the dying on sites that were once known as houses of modern medicine.
We are watching a ruthless genocide and no humanitarian need can be fulfilled without ending the brutal blockade intended to kill all living on this land. And this is not a “looming” or “imminent” risk, it’s reality.
I don’t believe you could really meaningfully deter their operations through casual poor performance. I think either you’d have to directly sabotage them or you’d have to be complicit.
I do think everyone should flood their applications systems with time-wasting fake applications, but actually interviewing and getting hired is unlikely to be productive.
I want to set aside my skepticism that this philosophy can be separated from misogyny.
Even if it could, it hurts the practitioner. This is a philosophy of nihilistic abandon and self-harm. If someone has adopted a radical belief in their own hopelessness and worthlessness, and the associated beliefs that life for them can hold nothing but suffering, that person is in crisis and needs help. There isn’t a healthy version of that, and we should consider those people at great risk and in need of assistance.
It does hurt someone. It hurts the person who is adopting these views.
Oof.
This month is really feeling like one gut punch after another.
This is welcome news, but it still feels bizarre that people continue to act as though the settlements are part of a black market criminal operation. These are just private contractors of the Israeli government. You can’t cut ties with the settlements while remaining in bed with the Israeli government than you can forgo using using one half of a hammer.
Honestly, I don’t think this is really correct. It’s not a bad take, I just think the truth is that no one really wants more than violence for the sake of power.
Iran has never really supported Palestine, they just arm anyone who will attack Israel. And claiming that Netanyahu wants to install a puppet leader is giving him away too much credit. He wants nothing more than an indefinite war so he can start in power. He’ll fight in Iran until something shocking happens like a terrorist attack from the West Bank and then he’ll shake the etch a sketch and do all this again. And again. And again. Until anyone with sufficient power stops him.
First, I just want to highlight that when considering what is best for a kid, it’s better to consider tradeoffs rather than whether something is “healthy or unhealthy”. It’s possible that it’s unhealthy for your 12 year old to co-sleep with you, but it’s also possible that it’s unhealthy for them to suffer from a feeling of isolation. If so, it may be an appropriate trade-off.
Second, I agree with @Fletcher@lemmy.today. The important thing is to try and address underlying causes, and also make this kind of comfort a short-term practice if possible.
Does your kid have any regular contact with a school counselor that they trust? I think the key question is why they’re doing this now. Is there anything recently that has caused additional stress that is hindering sleep? Could it be natural developmental processes impacting their sleep cycle? Would more physical activity in the afternoon help tire them out so they have an easier time falling asleep? Would a change in eating times or diet help? Would melatonin gummies help?
Also, I think this should be self-evident, but I find it worth saying: I think it’s healthy to have these conversations with the kid. Tell them you’re concerned that co-sleeping is not healthy, but want to make sure they’re comfortable. Ask them if they know why they’ve been having more trouble sleeping lately. Involve them in the process of trying to figure out how to approach this so they learn approaches to mindfully examine and manage their own health.