Grandparents raising children is in line with human biology

Re:Grandparents raising children is in line with human biology by w__m on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @05:41AM (#11760080)

I can totally agree. Humans are most fertile around early twenties, but as a young (23) parent I'd say it is not the best age to actually raise children.

We're impatient. We have much "explosive" energy, the kind not really suitable for watching a newborn for hours.

We can now have beautiful and very healthy babies easily, but Grandma is way better sitter than us for most of the day - more experienced, more calm, comfortably retired by now :) And I do belive it is the natural way. Better than kindergarten.

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Re:Grandparents raising children is in line with human biology by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:20AM (#11761708)

>not really suitable for watching a newborn for hours //

Traditionally you'd put the baby in some sort of sling/papoose/carrier and do pretty much what you'd normally do but with extra breaks for feeding etc.. Children learn by seeing and imitating, in a few years they can be productive parts of the family/tribe.

IME children need lots of energy put in to their upbringing. My kids ages span a decade - I'm far less able to give the youngest the active upbringing I feel he needs than I was for his older siblings.

Mind you in this sort of scenario there would be much shared responsibility and lots of people to carry/teach/feed/entertain/etc..

What's not better than kindergarten?

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