This response signals that the child’s needs have exceeded what the institution is willing to provide—not because the support itself is impossible, but because acknowledging the depth of need would destabilise the image of control. Calling a solution “unsustainable” often means the budget story must stay intact, even if the child breaks.
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Double the love, double the discrimination
Public education systems punish families of multiples by forcing impossible choices between their children—often withholding support until one child reaches visible crisis, while the other’s suffering is…
This entry is part of The budget is the behaviour—a series of graded rebuttals that translate common institutional justifications into the language of consequence. Each response challenges euphemism, clarifies impact, and holds decision-makers accountable. Read the full series.
