I work for the children and the planet

"Don't work harder than the client," was something social workers in public health recommended - for sensible reasons. There was always more clients and more need and sad, sad stories in public health that couldn't be helped with our limited number of staff and budget. It was also about common sense, you can encourage change and provide guidance but you can't make people change when they aren't interested or ready. The strategy helped with preventing work burnout too, not getting too emotionally involved in the difficulties instead focus on compassion for their difficulties.

However I did have difficulty with the recommendation because I also saw the children as my clients. In the book Timequake the author, Kurt Vonnegut, wrote as a repeated statement in different ways the theme that children don't ask to be born - - - so underlying theme- - - we shouldn't blame them for the circumstances of their birth or parents or whatever the example included in the section pertained to.

Currently in the U.S. also adults are facing grim odds - one in two men are statistically likely to develop cancer in their lifetimes and one in every three women -- what odds will the next generation likely have? Currently almost two percent of children in the U.S. have autism and roughly twenty percent of the young adult generation have mental health diagnoses and roughly twenty percent identify as something other than heterosexual/customer gender. What will the numbers be for the next generation? (for those interested in self care information the Nrf2 promoting foods and recipes (Nrf2 posts) are likely helpful for prevention and/or treatment for cancer - unless it is a form of cancer that has developed ways to use Nrf2 to resist chemotherapy - some types of leukemia cancer strains may have that capability - mentioned at the end of this post: https://transcendingsquare.com/2018/04/05/age-is-a-state-of-mind-and-health/

If tobacco use is preferred but concern for health is also a preference then having a little extra attention to diet may help provide the nutrients that are depleted and that may include a depletion of Nrf2 (research article with animal based study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28641491) so the Nrf2 promoting diet tips may help protect the body when use of tobacco products is a choice - the nicotine itself can provide some benefits to some people. )

I personally am being helped by the health information that I've learned and if only twenty people read and use it then I will be glad for them or their children- even if only one child or individual is helped then it will have been worth sharing the information. Kurt Vonnegut cared and likely still cares in some form, in my opinion at least - I will work in his memory - because no child asked to be born and therefore they all deserve e our compassion and help

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