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I wouldn't be surprised if his fulfillment came through providing for and raising 10 kids, in which case the work is just a means to an end, not the end itself
by prewett 3y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if his fulfillment came through providing for and raising 10 kids, in which case the work is just a means to an end, not the end itself like it can be for us. Also, I imagine farm work is fairly varied, and while not necessarily exciting, requires attention so you don't have time to get bored. It's also strongly connected to whether one eats, which is both motivation and also fulfilling.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>I wouldn't be surprised if his fulfillment came through providing for and raising 10 kids Unlikely. Kids for him and everyone back then, were just cheap labor for the farm and someone to take care of you at old age, according to my dad. It's mostly in the last 60+ years that people mostly have kids for fulfilment.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI agree with your upstream point, but dont think you can generalize your dad's perspective on family to the generation. I dont think most people viewed family and children in such a transactional way. I think rather that family and children were a cultural expectation, and people derived purpose and satisfaction from fulfilling that expectation. This goes back basically to the dawn of history. In that sense, is/was a matter of personal goalsetting and meeting those goals. That is to say, people have always have had goals an motivations, even if they werent very explicit. Thats why they keep going through the motions instead of sitting down and starving to death.