I think about this all the time. And I realized recently that a lot of my time and energy goes into the emotional labour of raising good humans who are attuned to their privilege and the injustices that face so many others. It's a long grind, but then I see the benefits when a teacher tells me how happy they are to have one of my kids in their class because they set an example of kindness and caring. So I guess that's something.
I think that's very important, and also points to something useful: things don't necessarily fall into discrete categories. Raising good humans is can have positive social and environmental consequences down the road.
I think about this all the time. And I realized recently that a lot of my time and energy goes into the emotional labour of raising good humans who are attuned to their privilege and the injustices that face so many others. It's a long grind, but then I see the benefits when a teacher tells me how happy they are to have one of my kids in their class because they set an example of kindness and caring. So I guess that's something.
I think that's very important, and also points to something useful: things don't necessarily fall into discrete categories. Raising good humans is can have positive social and environmental consequences down the road.
There's also the present impact of feeling a duty to be a good ancestor when I'm having dinner with a couple of my descendants every day.