It really isn't. If nothing else, nuclear families and living in isolation are dumb. I'd really prefer to live next door (or in the same house as) a grandparent, maybe uncle/aunt, etc. and we could share the childcare burden - watching 4 kids for half a day would be a lot better than 2 kids all day.

Nevermind that if they play on the street - a perfectly normal activity before cars - a driver will kill them :-(

Totally agree!

I believe social and cultural norms changed over last century at least in West and this trend is mimicked by so called "developing countries" making parents isolated, tired and frustrated; add technological burden for kids not spending their developing time running around exploring world but be hooked to single pair or worst single adult because of all the danger increases amount of stress average parent has to cope with.. add to this how unnecessary stressful in some aspects modern became.