Maybe because "Fixing society" (putting aside questions of what that even means...) is going to take a long, long time and a lot of effort. Which isn't to say we shouldn't continue to fix it (hint: we do!) but it doesn't mean we should just ignore other ways of helping our kids.
> we will impose experimental drugs on kids
What a terribly disengeuous way of putting it! "Imposing" implies there's not a choice. And all drugs are experimental in that we are constantly learning about the effects they have on us and adjusting our knowledge accordingly.
Nobody's saying it's "morally wrong" not to give your kids antidepressants - but nor is it morally wrong to give them to them.
What tends to be "morally wrong" is when parents are like "I'm not giving my kids those pills! There's no such thing as depression! Just go play outside some more!" - in other words, dismissing your children's feelings
I can agree, but I often think those commentors would probably be dismissing the parents diagnosis of the child expressing themselves, rather than dismissing the child.
Children are experiencing everything growing at once. They have preferences, they have new experience, everything is very close to "the first time this has ever happened" and so, can be a very big deal for them, at the time.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ internet arguments about parenting, experiences, assholes, having one, putting it in others faces, etc. The internet is just talking to a bunch of people who have different ideas. I wouldn't take it too seriously, over half of it is bots or socially inept people anyway
> Depression is literally a lack of meaning and beauty.
actually, "depression" or major depressive disorder is literally a mental illness, which has a genetic link. it is not a "lack of meaning or beauty" -- to suggest every depressed person who killed themselves had no "meaning" for life is deeply disrespectful to every parent, child, sibling, partner that killed themselves.
But rather than fixing society, we will impose experimental drugs on kids. In some cases altering their lives irreversibily
It absolutely should be discussed and openly talked about