For your whole life you've heard the
voices of the
dominant culture saying negative things about human nature, children, teenagers, siblings,
parents, and
parenting.
In not wanting to choose, children are being more sensible than the present
dominant culture that increasingly turns the appropriate involvement and
voice of children into their being set up to be the chief witness and decision maker between
parents in cases where the
parents are not able to protect their children from these terrible and harmful responsibilities.