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There's an embedded cultural assumption in all of this: children are the property of their parents, rather than members of a community raised by the community a
by banannaise 5y ago
There's an embedded cultural assumption in all of this: children are the property of their parents, rather than members of a community raised by the community as a whole.
- mbg721 5y agoThe latter rings dystopian to the modern US ear, because our civic society has so thoroughly broken down. It's not just the ultra-wealthy who distrust their local public schools or wouldn't have a random neighbor keep an eye on the kids for a couple hours.