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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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[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

That's a good point. A significant amount of the freedom that children are lacking comes from how many are run over and killed by cars every year or even the threat of it happening. It's a legitimate threat to be worried about if you live in suburbia.

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