There's a surprising amount of similarity between securing sex/relationships and securing a job. It's a numbers game and strong, positive references are highly underrated.
The future belongs to (and will be built by) the lumpy and weird. Out legacy school system generates consistent and mainstreamed graduates. If you care about your kids' future, don't assume they'll get ANYTHING they'll need to thrive from mainstream schools.
Hear us out: There's a new political faction bubbling up—let's call if Catgirl Conservatism—that is subversive, pragmatic, and based +nonconformist enough to discuss socially derided things without fear because for them, truth and results matter more than idealized fantasies.
All people—be they DINKs or Boomers—should have the freedom opt out of contributing to the future of humanity and favor comfort/fun instead.
That said, those who opt out shouldn't expect a medal for doing so.
