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Little secret you weren't taught: Parenting as a concept basically didn't exist before the 1970s. The overwhelming job that we call "parenting" used to be a community effort. (lemmy.today)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

While they might find the methods absurd, they were parents back then and did their version of parenting. They just did not call it that.