Do you guys think (especially on social media) overuse and misuse terms such as “trauma” “toxicity” “abuse”?

[Anonymous]

[GreatnessBack]

Yeah. People tend to misuse words until the meaning means nothing.
Look at the word Bully. It has been used to describe harassment and violence from certain parties.
Bullying is a childhood thing. Any bullying done by adults is harassment, abuse and violence and should be treated as such.

[Asker]

Yea. I only asked because I just came across a post on tik tok of a young woman saying how women from the 80’s/90’s had kids “just because”, you know for the sake of it and that they used kids to heal them and make them better etc and as a result it has traumatized us (those of us in our twenties who are obviously the kids she’s speaking of them having for no good reason) and she went on to say people should just stop having kids altogether because no one is no longer fit to be a parent and in the long term it ruins “traumatizes” the kid which is why I feel they overuse and misuse words such as that one because life is really all about perspective. Are most people ready for kids? No but is it up to you to prepare yourself if you decide to keep that child and raise them how they should be raise as far as morally, what they should value, respect etc? Yes people misuse and overuse these terms (my generation specifically) because, no offense, they’re too sensitive and don’t know how to handle even the smallest of situations in their life so they cry and wine about and it come up with a name for it.

[GreatnessBack]

I have kids and lots of coworkers I know do, and I'll tell you, no one is truly ready for kids.
However, if you have the right spouse and are financially stable, then you can raise your kids right.
And by right, I mean the kids will complain about how you were as a parent and will be nothing like that from their good homes and good paying job.
If my kids can achieve that, I did right.
No parent is perfect and without reproach but being there is the most important thing a parent can do.

[LazerBean]

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I do.