<![CDATA[If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature:]]>If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature:

- HVAC systems that cleaned viruses out of the air
- at least two child psychologists on staff
- age-appropriate lessons to help children identify abuse
- funding for well-paid staff in numbers sufficient for a buddy system to reduce the chances of abuse
- arts education and after-school clubs to provide third spaces for kids
- massive, safe playgrounds
- protected biking and walking infrastructure from the school to residential neighborhoods

Instead we get “parents’ rights”, funding cuts, book bans, and car-centric infrastructure that kills pedestrians and bikers.

If social media is bad for kids, THEY NEED ALTERNATIVES.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/43b1b354-7c59-48e9-9914-31685071d80d/if-politicians-gave-a-shit-about-children-the-schools-would-featureRSS for NodeMon, 27 Apr 2026 16:35:18 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 09:22:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:50:32 GMT]]>@Epic_Null

Just knowing the statistics has made going to tech conferences with a few hundred people disturbing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/akareilly/statuses/116420839490673248https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/akareilly/statuses/116420839490673248Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:50:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:42:05 GMT]]>@akareilly Music and Art should never be a budget line item to eliminate. It feeds the soul and gives children an opportunity to express themselves in ways that are not verbal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/afl/statuses/116420806302984778https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/afl/statuses/116420806302984778Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:42:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:30:31 GMT]]>@akareilly
Throw in a science lab and a math lab, and I am right behind you

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/screwturn/statuses/116420760784432142https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/screwturn/statuses/116420760784432142Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:28:02 GMT]]>@akareilly@hachyderm.io I would like to add psychologists for the staff. My mom was a teacher (kids aged 3 to 6), so in my life I saw several of her colleagues, and many of them would have been better off for some support.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.social/notes/al6mmt8ciyhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.social/notes/al6mmt8ciyFri, 17 Apr 2026 15:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:18:07 GMT]]>@akareilly Children don’t need social media. Adults need children to have social media so that we can market to them.

That said, the solution is for parents to actually parent their own children. Not to create a dystopian online identification regime that will be used to identify and persecute dissidents.

Another solution would be to make commercial social media illegal. Much better solution tbh.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oberstenzian/statuses/116420712067017058https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oberstenzian/statuses/116420712067017058Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:18:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:03:14 GMT]]>@akareilly Unless the parents want to support their trans kids.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/ariaflame/statuses/116420653504290205https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/ariaflame/statuses/116420653504290205Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:52:46 GMT]]>@bouriquet @em_and_future_cats @akareilly speaking of ‘farming out’,
I’d love to see 4h type spaces at schools with gardening, planting, etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116420612349578732https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116420612349578732Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:52:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:44:00 GMT]]>@akareilly The problem with being able to identify abuse is that once you can do so, the world starts looking really disturbing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Epic_Null/statuses/116420577867516797https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Epic_Null/statuses/116420577867516797Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:44:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:40:25 GMT]]>@akareilly I could write a book about how all those things are impossible in the current system of capitalism. I have insider knowledge about why schools are universally fucked.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/116420563799842549https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/116420563799842549Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:40:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:22:38 GMT]]>@akareilly
Speaking of car-centrism at school… My daughter and I almost got hit by a car in her school parking lot yesterday morning. A distracted parent backed out of a parking space very fast, headed right where we stood beside our car. Luckily, I always hold her hand in parking lots, so I pulled her out of the way. I also scolded the driver well, who was apologetic, embarrassed, and was obviously distracted because it took them a moment to notice me standing there waiting to talk to them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/116420493840702758https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/116420493840702758Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:22:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:22:23 GMT]]>@pier @akareilly It might actually.

I was originally going to say that's actually the only thing them caring about wouldn't change anything.

BUT...if they honestly cared about money more than their own egos we'd probably all be much better off.

Because there's no way those fuckers give a shit about money anymore. We're burning the entire area of a state in the shit every day.

This is all ego and they've all invested in one giant ass of a superego that's nothing but a diuretic fart.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116420492903593659https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116420492903593659Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:22:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:16:42 GMT]]>@sillyCoelophysis @akareilly What's a trip is I remember having classes about that shit. Instruction on "good vs. bad touching" and all that woke shit. Really hammered home the idea that it's your body and if they don't stop touching it in a way you don't like they are doing wrong and you need to tell.

Even touched on emotional abuse.

I wonder if mine was the only year that ever happened.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116420470536207114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116420470536207114Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:16:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:11:59 GMT]]>@em_and_future_cats @akareilly The problem with America here is that we tend to farm out design ideas to architectural firms that often have no understanding of child development and learning. They check a supplier who will sell them fancy “equipment” that appeals to adults who know nothing about how imagination helps children grow mentally. Keep it simple! And ask someone who knows something other than how to pave a parking lot. Throwing money at it isn’t always the best answer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116420451962898817https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116420451962898817Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:11:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:08:35 GMT]]>@akareilly But many of those alternatives don't provide the necessary pretext to make it illegal not to join our data harvesting network.

People could lose their jobs.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116420438651916770https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116420438651916770Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:08:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:07:34 GMT]]>@akareilly

Pay teachers!!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mattmaison/statuses/116420434627807919https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mattmaison/statuses/116420434627807919Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:07:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:55:03 GMT]]>@akareilly "age-appropriate lessons to help children identify abuse" would make such a huge difference in the US; the mindset of this country is built on abusing children.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/sillyCoelophysis/statuses/116420385400374991https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/sillyCoelophysis/statuses/116420385400374991Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:55:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:49:41 GMT]]>@akareilly Politicians pay lip service to the subject, but vote against it on a consistent basis.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EndicottAuthor/statuses/116420364293965317https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EndicottAuthor/statuses/116420364293965317Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:49:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:49:12 GMT]]>@akareilly the shits given about kids are fading fast. @blogdiva

Example: I'm taking fire at a hospital for insisting two things: don't beat up kids and don't kidnap kids.

Pretty basic. Yet, somehow that makes me a "problem"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116420362429689034https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116420362429689034Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:49:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:22:14 GMT]]>@akareilly @cascheranno when education is treated like a business, rather than a service, the results will only address the quick and financial issues.
When we take our car to the mechanic we don’t want it serviced the same way they did the last one they just finished. Yet each student gets treated alike?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Rickd6/statuses/116420256393741882https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Rickd6/statuses/116420256393741882Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:22:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:18:19 GMT]]>@akareilly @Npars01

That's true. And not kosher.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/project1enigma/statuses/116420240985185986https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/project1enigma/statuses/116420240985185986Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:18:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:09:42 GMT]]>@akareilly “If politicians gave a shit about…” pretty much only works when the next word is “money”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/pier/statuses/116420207093216392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/pier/statuses/116420207093216392Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:09:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:40:34 GMT]]>@akareilly Yes!!! I’ve also seen many times where schools get a “new playground” & it’s not more room or “fun different equip.”, they tend to make ’em smaller & use “expensive” equipment that’s “shiny” & think that’ll be fun 🫩
2 schools I grew up with did this strategy, & 1 was really sad, was a playground with a LARGE wooden fort/castle where there were so many gazebos, bridges, ladders & towers that my sisters & I would go there to recite Shakespeare’s plays!
Kids “got splinters”, torn down 😿

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116420092544971981https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116420092544971981Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:40:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:32:23 GMT]]>@akareilly Need to add assault rifle bans to the list.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116098625092193787/statuses/116420060331308583https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116098625092193787/statuses/116420060331308583Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:32:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If politicians gave a shit about children, the schools would feature: on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:31:25 GMT]]>@project1enigma @Npars01

Too full of ketamine and other things that make them not organic. At least mulch them first.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/akareilly/statuses/116420056531460140https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/akareilly/statuses/116420056531460140Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:31:25 GMT