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The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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As much as I welcome more actual science on this topic, I don't think the words 'new key' are at all justified here (and they aren't used in tfa). New to some WEIRD nuclear families maybe, but not actually new or surprising.

What‘s a weird nuclear family?

That’s the mode of operation. Without grand parents it gets harder. Single parents have it the hardest.

Relationships to neighbors are not that deep.

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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post #3

As much as I welcome more actual science on this topic, I don't think the words 'new key' are at all justified here (and they aren't used in tfa). New to some WEIRD nuclear families maybe, but not actually new or surprising.

What‘s a weird nuclear family? That’s the mode of operation. Without grand parents it gets harder. Single parents have it the hardest. Relationships to neighbors are not that deep.

WEIRD = Western Educated Industrialised Rich Democratic

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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As much as I welcome more actual science on this topic, I don't think the words 'new key' are at all justified here (and they aren't used in tfa). New to some WEIRD nuclear families maybe, but not actually new or surprising.

The title had to be shortened - 'new' was the best I could think of. But it can be justified I think, both in relation to the gist of the article and the original title. If this was well established knowledge that that is new to me at least, albeit not really surprising, admittedly.

(tfa? I couldn't get a hit on that acronym anywhere)

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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> When considering the implications for Western countries, the authors highlight that the provision of affordable high-quality childcare support, which goes beyond effective supervision, should be prioritized.

> Ratios of caregivers to children were greater than five-to-one in the observed hunter-gatherer groups, whereas in UK nurseries each adult is responsible for numerous children.

There is now way you can pay for these kind of ratios. These ratios can only happen due to a social structure that involves large extended families and a social structure that has a large proportion of the population (pretty much all the females) that spend all their time with each other and the children.

However, that would be a huge step backwards from the progress we have made in women’s rights and equality.

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What‘s a weird nuclear family? That’s the mode of operation. Without grand parents it gets harder. Single parents have it the hardest. Relationships to neighbors are not that deep.

WEIRD = Western Educated Industrialised Rich Democratic

Imo it’s a derogatory term people in … alternative circles, like to use.

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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As much as I welcome more actual science on this topic, I don't think the words 'new key' are at all justified here (and they aren't used in tfa). New to some WEIRD nuclear families maybe, but not actually new or surprising.

The title had to be shortened - 'new' was the best I could think of. But it can be justified I think, both in relation to the gist of the article and the original title. If this was well established knowledge that that is new to me at least, albeit not really surprising, admittedly. (tfa? I couldn't get a hit on that acronym anywhere)

TFA is "the fucking article".

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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As much as I welcome more actual science on this topic, I don't think the words 'new key' are at all justified here (and they aren't used in tfa). New to some WEIRD nuclear families maybe, but not actually new or surprising.

The title had to be shortened - 'new' was the best I could think of. But it can be justified I think, both in relation to the gist of the article and the original title. If this was well established knowledge that that is new to me at least, albeit not really surprising, admittedly. (tfa? I couldn't get a hit on that acronym anywhere)

> (tfa? I couldn't get a hit on that acronym anywhere)

“the fucking article”

I recommend using urban dictionary if a generic search doesn’t yield a result that makes any sense.

Re: The key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers

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As much as I welcome more actual science on this topic, I don't think the words 'new key' are at all justified here (and they aren't used in tfa). New to some WEIRD nuclear families maybe, but not actually new or surprising.

The title had to be shortened - 'new' was the best I could think of. But it can be justified I think, both in relation to the gist of the article and the original title. If this was well established knowledge that that is new to me at least, albeit not really surprising, admittedly. (tfa? I couldn't get a hit on that acronym anywhere)

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