They forgot about the parts where you had to basically parent your younger siblings and if something ever happened it scarred you for life.

Also the way this "free childhood" opened us up for abuse and all that good stuff.

Would have preferred if even one adult would have known where I am half the time, it's actually not nice to have to behave like you are 30 at age 10.

It's not the flex we think it is. It also made some of us into pretty toxic self-reliance talk parroting ableists.