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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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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is this meant to be a poorly executed April fools joke?

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's just an uncomfortable fact.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    It’s not though.

    The centralized concept we now call parenting didn’t exist, but that’s only because prior to around 1920 there were as many forms of “parenting” as there were cultures. The idea that parents never raised their children before the early 20th century is just ridiculous. It still happened, it just wasn’t called parenting.

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