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skipjack10 t1_iu40fi7 wrote

Reply to comment by itsonlyastrongbuzz in Police confiscate loaded gun from 7-year-old at Dorchester school by rabblebowser

Can you please elaborate on what “break the generational trauma” means?

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itsonlyastrongbuzz t1_iu41s3a wrote

Imagine growing up in a house with unsecured (possibly illegal) firearms as normal. Think about how you’d be raised. What would your goals and priorities, hell, your reality be?

This kid is doomed to fail, and not because anything innate in him, but his environment.

And he’s going to raise his kids the same way.

It’s a negative feedback loop.

If you don’t somehow break the loop and get to this kid, he’s going to be a product of the system, and produce more of the same.

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Wtf_is_this1234 t1_iu40zwf wrote

It's the idea that since the child's parents were also born into poverty, that it's not the parents' fault that they behave irresponsibly, and that by punishing the parents, you increase the likelihood that this child will grow up to be irresponsible as well, and the cycle will continue to repeat itself.

Basically, it means that they should get a free pass since they already suffered enough. The problem with this of course is that it creates two classes of people in society-those who can follow common sense laws and those who get a free pass to do whatever they want because they are apparently incapable of determining right from wrong.

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tschris t1_iu4hqb5 wrote

This is not correct at all. Generational trauma means that the parents experienced a horrible event or events as a child and grew up into fucked up adults who then expose their children to traumatic events and the cycle continues.

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