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If you don't pester your parents but your siblings do, they may get more attention and resources than you. Besides, the parents having strict daily schedules i
by saint_fiasco 11y ago
If you don't pester your parents but your siblings do, they may get more attention and resources than you.
Besides, the parents having strict daily schedules is a recent phenomenon. I bet hunter-gatherers don't care if they wake up three hours late because the baby was restless last night.
- kaybe 11y agoDepends on the climate. In some climates you really really want to be up at sunrise so you can do stuff before it becomes too hot. But then again, the night is long when you don't have artificial light.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoYou can also ask your sister, mother, aunt, grandmother or older child to look after the kid while you go gather food. Before agriculture, it wasn't hard to find someone with free time willing to look after the children.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoOr you might die. If you happen to pester the wrong person you might die. If you happen to pester your parents at the wrong time you might be injured. People under stress are dangerous.