Foot binding puts education (child prison) into context. How could they do it? Well, it was the normal, loving maintenance of a child.
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for children? opportunity cost in not building forts, foraging, rafting, exploring, etc. is high (same with school)
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I did all those things too. Not an either/or. Expanding options+ freedom to choose != shut down options
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More or less than all parenting cultures of past? I'd say parenting and childhood have gotten slowly freer
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you and I are lucky (and old lol) - kids now are confined to apartment- or house-sized reservations. no freedom.
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Like I said, slouching. Cycles overlaid on secular trend. Outward spiral, not circle.
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