“It takes an entire society to raise a child.”
Seeing this motto engraved on the wall finally made it sink in that I was back at the Minor Guardianship Center.
“Two years. They were the longest-lasting parents I ever had. I loved them a lot, but they insisted I choose nuclear energy science and technology.” It was always crowded here, with long lines, so I had to find something to talk about. “The golden five years of college. How can you care only about job prospects and not what I’m interested in? They were wonderful in every way except that we just couldn’t communicate.”
The girl behind me looked about my age. We stood out in the waiting hall, since most people chose their parents during puberty and didn’t wait until they were our age.
Today, when the average life expectancy has reached 147.3 years, adulthood is defined as being a natural person aged 25 or older, when the brain has fully developed.
I’m 24 and a half. Unless something unexpected happens, this will be my last time drawing parents.
Theme: What we need is family, not parents or children
I seem to be the first to collect it