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Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by BobbyJo on Monday July 29, 2024 @03:01PM (#41102802)
No one here is saying the 1880's are the goal. We're discussing if kids not going outside and messing around and getting hurt sometimes is good or bad.

I brought up "human history" as the logical extreme of the counter argument, not to argue that's the goal.

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Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by watwut on Monday July 29, 2024 @05:20PM (#41103927)
Right after WWII is not 1880s. It is much closer.

The problem with that logical extreme is that kids died a lot by our standards. They also had no protection against abuse. You had more of them due to non existent anticonception, which made their "value" go down.

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