>>118262533Since around the 30s or 40s Americans have increasingly embraced the belief that life on this earth is wretched and that one must enjoy a childhood free of pains, hardship and horrors for as long as possible before plunging into a harsh adult life. They believe children exist in a state of heavenly purity devoid of earthly sins and thus tainting childhood is the worst of transgressions.
They would rather form their society, laws, customs and media around this overbearing, extreme protection of the youth than make adult life better, partly because of an unspoken cynicism towards their ability to truly improve society and partly due to the inadequacy to properly raise and prepare their children for the world which they themselves feel is meaningless and drudging. This trend has expanded outwardly towards the rest of the world, in a misguided effort to rid mortal life from all it's negative facets, only stopping at denying death.
