Laura Rosell
1 min readMar 31, 2023

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I agree, but frankly I think part of the reason why educational programs don't go anywhere is because policymakers would have to get on board with it, and there are two problems there. (Purely conjecture here, btw.) As I see it, those problems are:

1. Lots of people have undiagnosed mental health issues and unprocessed traumas that inspire them to behave in abusive ways without them even realizing it. If policymakers have to admit that some of their own behaviors/communication habits are deeply problematic... I don't think they'll get on board.

2. Education becomes touchy especially for children, who start realizing that their own parents behave in dysfunctional, emotionally abusive ways — even the ones from loving, non-violent homes. I imagine this might be a traumatizing epiphany for a child to arrive at.... and then we also factor in the fact that the system would need to figure out how to help an even LARGER number of youths.... it seems like the resources are not there, so perhaps it's just less traumatizing to equip the kids to realize their families have abusive habits in the first place and let them figure things out when they get older and find themselves in unhappy relationships.

Not sure if any of this is making sense, but that's what crosses my mind when I think about this.

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