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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Historically this is not the way things worked. People lived with their extended family and child-rearing was a group activity.
The phenomenon of a woman raising her children in relative isolation is new.
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I think that is an excellent point that often gets overlooked. As recently as last night my mother in-law talked about how both of her grand mothers lived on the same street as her family growing up. She was rarely at home -she was at Grandmas house.