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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do realize that for much of history before the industrial revolution families were often isolated on farms far away from other families? Those kids survived. [/quote]

But they had many more kids and generally larger families under 1 roof. What do you do with 2 parents teleworking and a single child?[/quote]

I grew up in a context that a lot of DCUMers would consider antiquated - in the countryside, with only my sibling for company. If you think my parents were hanging out engaging with the two of us, then you have no idea the amount of work it takes to keep up a working farm. I am so much more available for my kids as a teleworking parent than my own parent were with working outdoors, plus keeping up the fenceline, plus canning and jarring, plus livestock.

I'm not traumatized by my childhood, despite having no other kids for miles around. I wouldn't recreate it for my own kids, but that's more due to my lack of desire to work as hard as my folks did. [/quote]

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