Re:Half a Million Kinksters Can't Be Wrong
by lolinder on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:26PM
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It's not a fantasy in a good way: most parents (even in stable relationships) would prefer to have more support than they get. Communities are getting weaker as third spaces disappear, and people are far more likely to have to move far away from extended family (or have extended family move far away from them). The reality of the modern world is that the two parents and paid caretakers are often all that's available.
Re:Half a Million Kinksters Can't Be Wrong
by throw0101c on Saturday October 07, 2023 @07:17AM
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> And yet there is much precedent for having a village raise children.
But are all those other people on the same 'level' of attachment for the child, or is there a 'hierarchy'?
Further, not that having community is bad, but it can 'devolve' into tribal/clan thinking, which is probably not good for society as a whole (can lead to nepotism, which is generally highly correlated with corruption) and something the West is relatively unique in 'breaking out' of:
* https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/joseph-...
Many couples see the death of one partner, many couples lack a full and complete skill set to teach children all that they might want or need to to know, etc.
Leaving communities and extended families out of the picture is some post WWII idealised nuclear family fantasy.