1.8K views · 18 reactions | Did you know that once upon a time, the United States had nearly universal, federally subsidized childcare? | No Small Matter | Facebook

⚠️It starts in childhood… You learn early that love has conditions, that attention must be earned, that feelings make people uncomfortable, that your softness is “too much.” So you adapt. You become the caretaker, the achiever, the peacekeeper. You shrink your needs to avoid rejection. You smile while your heart aches, because silence feels safer than being misunderstood. But the truth is; you were never asking for too much. You were asking for what every child deserves: to be seen, soothed, sup