By abeegail on Skatehive
source Hi everyone, it's Abeegail again. I'm here to give my hot take today. There's this conversation on how parents struggle and sacrifice for their kids, to make a better life for them. But we never have the conversation on how children also sacrifice for their parents, especially for kids who grew up middle class or poor. We are so quick to talk about parents sacrifices because they are so easy to see, and children's sacrifices are silent and are never talked about. Kids sacrifice too, their dreams, goals, ambitions, hobbies just because their parents can't afford to. We never talk about the child who kept quiet about her wants because she noticed that money was tight or the girl who gave up her dreams because there wasn't enough money to chase that, or the "Nahhhh, it's not a big deal" when in fact it is, or the child that compromise on that prestigious school she always wanted to attend because the family didn't just have such money. They learn to adjust without being told or ask