And there are also cultural things in the way to reasonable child rearing. There is nothing stopping people from making communes where groups of parents share responsibilities for a flock of children (it takes a village and whatnot) but we’ve somehow gotten to a point where it’s all on the nuclear family and both parents work and if and only if they’re lucky grandparents chip in. It’s insanity.
Edit: and I agree that making mean memes about parents is silly and counterproductive.
And there are also cultural things in the way to reasonable child rearing. There is nothing stopping people from making communes where groups of parents share responsibilities for a flock of children (it takes a village and whatnot) but we’ve somehow gotten to a point where it’s all on the nuclear family and both parents work and if and only if they’re lucky grandparents chip in. It’s insanity.
Edit: and I agree that making mean memes about parents is silly and counterproductive.