> I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would want to raise children in any of these places, so cut off from the rest of the world that the children wou

> I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would want to raise children in any of these places, so cut off from the rest of the world that the children would be largely socialised by livestock. Ah yes, that's why pre-20th century America was such a failure: most people at the time grew up on farms, typically more remote ones than people back in Europe (because people owned bigger plots of land). Imagine the horror of growing up around farm animals -- can there be anything less natural?