Part of the natural order is that parents make sacrifices for their children, not the other way around. If vulnerable people want to isolate themselves, and I can understand why they would, then they should do that. But as I am going through middle age it would never occur to me to make those demands of young people. Never. Because I would think that that was selfish. Selfish of me. That when I was young, I got to experience all these things, all these irreplaceably beautiful moments of youth. But you can't have them to keep me safe.
No, I'll stay safe by following precautions and limiting my contacts. But you go out and enjoy the one life you get. That's what a good and decent human being says. That's what an unselfish person says.
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