[BlueTemplar]

How a child is supposed to survive "on their own" ? And why do you think this would even be a good thing ?

[tycho-newman]

“On their own” is in air quotes because it’s a vast simplification.

In kinship group days, and especially before vaccines, children simply didn’t survive. They died by the millions.

Today, a child has a viable alternative to the abusive or neglectful kinship group. Very often it is The State, but still. An alternative!

[BlueTemplar]

Ah, I had a different interpretation of "until recently"...

I am afraid that the child is still pretty screwed... especially if you try to generalise this to 60% of children !

[tycho-newman]

In "On Love", bell hooks points out just how screwed children are by their circumstance and their lack of agency/autonomy. Highly recommend reading her.