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There are three different sibling comments here asking for "data", "reseach", and "examples" supporting aaomidi's point about collective parenting. This articl

There are three different sibling comments here asking for "data", "reseach", and "examples" supporting aaomidi's point about collective parenting. This article has a lot of information about the development of the nuclear family and what preceded it, so might be a good jumping off point for those who are interested: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuc...

watwut 6y ago
That is not collective parenting at all. That is extended familly. And as bonus, Brooks idealize past to fit point he wants to make.
closeparen 6y ago
The Anthropology of Childhood [0] has circulated in the blogosphere. These notes on LessWrong were interesting [1]. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Childhood-Cherubs-Chattel-Changelings/dp/0521887739 https://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Childhood-Cherubs-Chatte... [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vwM7hnT9ysE3suwfk/notes-on-the-anthropology-of-childhood https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vwM7hnT9ysE3suwfk/notes-on-t...
- smartbit 6y ago
  Anthropologist Jean Briggs [0] made baffling observations while studying Inuit [1] collective parenting [2] in the 60s https://text.npr.org/685533353 https://text.npr.org/685533353 Briggs quickly realized something remarkable was going on in these families: The adults had an extraordinary ability to control their anger. ... She was walking on a stony beach in the Arctic when she saw a young mother playing with her toddler — a little boy about 2 years old. The mom picked up a pebble and said, "'Hit me! Go on. Hit me harder,'" Briggs remembered. The boy threw the rock at his mother, and she exclaimed, "Ooooww. That hurts!" Briggs was completely befuddled. The mom seemed to be teaching the child the opposite of what parents want. And her actions seemed to contradict everything Briggs knew about Inuit culture. "I thought, 'What is going on here?' " Briggs said in the radio interview. Turns out, the mom was executing a powerful parenting tool to teach her child how to control his anger — and one of the most intriguing parenting strategies I've come across. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Briggs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Briggs [1] Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674608283 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674608283 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit#Gender_roles,_marriage,_birth,_and_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit#Gender_roles,_marriage,_...

watwut 6y ago

That is not collective parenting at all. That is extended familly. And as bonus, Brooks idealize past to fit point he wants to make.

closeparen 6y ago

The Anthropology of Childhood [0] has circulated in the blogosphere. These notes on LessWrong were interesting [1]. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Childhood-Cherubs-Chattel-Changelings/dp/0521887739 https://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Childhood-Cherubs-Chatte... [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vwM7hnT9ysE3suwfk/notes-on-the-anthropology-of-childhood https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vwM7hnT9ysE3suwfk/notes-on-t...

smartbit 6y ago
Anthropologist Jean Briggs [0] made baffling observations while studying Inuit [1] collective parenting [2] in the 60s https://text.npr.org/685533353 https://text.npr.org/685533353 Briggs quickly realized something remarkable was going on in these families: The adults had an extraordinary ability to control their anger. ... She was walking on a stony beach in the Arctic when she saw a young mother playing with her toddler — a little boy about 2 years old. The mom picked up a pebble and said, "'Hit me! Go on. Hit me harder,'" Briggs remembered. The boy threw the rock at his mother, and she exclaimed, "Ooooww. That hurts!" Briggs was completely befuddled. The mom seemed to be teaching the child the opposite of what parents want. And her actions seemed to contradict everything Briggs knew about Inuit culture. "I thought, 'What is going on here?' " Briggs said in the radio interview. Turns out, the mom was executing a powerful parenting tool to teach her child how to control his anger — and one of the most intriguing parenting strategies I've come across. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Briggs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Briggs [1] Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674608283 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674608283 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit#Gender_roles,_marriage,_birth,_and_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit#Gender_roles,_marriage,_...