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“In this intrusive mode—often brutal—you do not notice the separate beingness of your children … and hardly their needs”: Planetmates reveal childhood lost, the animal self, soul murder, the intrusive parenting mode

“…What came of such inner forces was that the nuclear family established borders around the land it cultivated and built walls of emotional avoidance between itself and the rest of the community. “It was families against the world. Children were … Continue reading

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“Prior to your sedentary living, the burden of children was shared by the tribe, and they were more cared for”: Planetmates reveal magical childhood, tribe life, primitive planned parenthood

“…there was ambivalence in the desire for children. Your species swayed back and forth about what to do with them — between the poles of infanticide and abandonment, on one side, and acceptance, engagement, and nurture, on the other — … Continue reading

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