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I agree with most points, except for the urbanization part. I don't know if you refer specifically to the US or a general human behavior. But in Asia, children

by fma 10y ago

I agree with most points, except for the urbanization part. I don't know if you refer specifically to the US or a general human behavior. But in Asia, children still go home by themselves, play by themselves and stay at home by themselves. The cities in Asia are much more dense than in the US.

cderwin 10y ago
> If you want to go a level deeper and ask why this political shift has occurred, it's likely that one contributing factor is urbanization which been underway in the US for some time He was saying America has become more progressive because of urbanization, not that urbanization directly caused the intense scrutiny on child rearing. However I am left in want about what makes the US different than other places with regard to child rearing, even though I largely agree with the points above (though I might include authoritarianism with progressivism).