> Traditionally, multigenerational households would have helped with child rearing but now it's often pretty much entirely on the shoulders of the parents It g

> Traditionally, multigenerational households would have helped with child rearing but now it's often pretty much entirely on the shoulders of the parents It goes much further. In 90% of human societies up to 60 years ago, it was normal for children to spend a lot of time interacting with neighbors and others outside of the home and schools environments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_takes_a_village https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_takes_a_village Furthermore, the extreme forms of helicopter parenting where children are not even allowed to walk to school by themselves is very US-centric and very modern.