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“On their own” is in air quotes because it’s a vast simplification. In kinship group days, and especially before vaccines, children simply didn’t survive. They
by tycho-newman 1y ago
“On their own” is in air quotes because it’s a vast simplification.
In kinship group days, and especially before vaccines, children simply didn’t survive. They died by the millions.
Today, a child has a viable alternative to the abusive or neglectful kinship group. Very often it is The State, but still. An alternative!
- BlueTemplar 1y agoAh, I had a different interpretation of "until recently"... I am afraid that the child is still pretty screwed... especially if you try to generalise this to 60% of children !
- tycho-newman 1y agoIn "On Love", bell hooks points out just how screwed children are by their circumstance and their lack of agency/autonomy. Highly recommend reading her.