u/Poliwrath-

When the Ingalls first left Wisconin, they didn't head to Kansas, they were moving to 80 acres of land in Chariton County Missouri. Charles bought the land in May, 1868 and sold it back to the very same person in Feb 1870. The land was purchased while they were still in Wisconsin and sold back while they were living in Kansas.

This period is never mentioned in any of Laura's books and as far as I know, never brought up in letters or any other writings. Is there anything in the history books that tell us what their time there was like and why they moved on so quickly?

That's just not true and it seems that some people are making that claim simply so they have a reason to be outraged.

Here are some quotes from Rebecca Sonnenshine, the Showrunner.....

Every time you adapt something, you create this new thing. That's a point in time when these two places intersect. I think that's really interesting and valuable to keep doing that as we progress... We have the opportunity to tell a bigger story about the indigenous people living on the land, the Black Americans living in Kansas and beyond at that time, the shadow of the Civil War, what it meant to be a pacifist, what it meant to fight, what it meant to dream

I think one of the great things about adapting a work is that you kind of can make some of the unknowables known to people and really open up this lens on who's who. How did America become America? Who are the people who ended up settling the frontier? Who were the people who already lived on the frontier? It's an interesting question, and I think the time for it now is exciting... because we have so much information, right, and we have so much new understanding of the world

I think the scene that we worked on the most was when the Osage came into the house, actually. Because we wanted to reframe it from what it was in the books, and we had a lot of discussions about it, and what it would look like, and how we would portray it... it's a huge part of the book, and we wanted to include it, but by sort of shifting the perspective of it.

There's no point to me in just having Caroline Ingalls be afraid and not want to engage with the wider world and keep thinking about what is proper and good. I wanted her to have a real expansion of her mind.

They did not understand the politics of land ownership or these treaties that have been made or these reservations... Knowledge did not flow as freely as it does now. We wanted to make sure we were telling a story where Laura’s perspective isn't the only truth on screen.

We conducted extensive research through biographies, journals, and historical articles to depict more realistic aspects of 19th-century life... It was about taking the spirit of the books and treating them as a launching pad to examine what was actually happening on the frontier.

As for Netflix, this was their official narrative about the series.......

Part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West, this fresh adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books offers a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier.

People seem to forget that almost everything about the Little House books are works of historical fiction. Aside from the Ingalls family, the places and a few random characters, everything about Little House was written to sell books, not be a accurate retelling of history.

Also, the books were written to appeal to children and not even the 70's pilot film thought it a good idea to try and stick to the book. For example, I just watched episode 6 last night, the Christmas episode. In the book, Mr Edwards strips naked, carries his clothes and gifts on his head and crosses the river to make it to the cabin. I can only imagine the amount of complaining we'd be seeing online if something so ridiculous made it into this show.

Oh, and by the way, Mr Edwards wasn't even a real person. He was a composite of several real life neighbors the Ingalls had. Then we could talk about the fact that Laura was 2-3 years old when she lived on the Prairie and obviously had no memories of what Christmas was actually like that year.

Just sit back an enjoy the show for what it is, not what version of fiction you think it should be.

I've been going back and forth on filing for TDIU. I am rated 70% for my MH. I have not worked in close to 3 years now and have failed at every job I've had for the past 20 years.

What scares me most is that my MH rating is only a few months old and is a secondary connection. Also, I am not currently in treatment and have not been for 8 years now. I have gone through several periods of treatment over the past 30 years but have reached the point where I am convinced that there's just no magic cure out there that's going to change how I react to things.

Anyone have anything of value to share with claiming TDIU for their mental health?