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Once upon a time, before Christianity was imposed by Rome, in tribal times, as still existed in Africa before the west came looking for minerals and riches, it appears tribes looked after their own, there were probably variations, The earliest tribes were simply extended family groups, so the children would be well cared for, as the groups got bigger rules probably changed a little, as they do amongst humans, and it was pretty common in many parts of the world for a stronger, kinder man to have several wives, as long as he could feed them all. This was accepted by the women, because one usually accepts what one has been conditioned to accept. As time went on and Europe invaded Africa, in many parts destroying tribal life, imposing new rules, that over time morphed into the African current male approach to women and children, which was in far too many cases, to have as many children as possible, to prove you're a 'man' then effing off back to the mines to earn money so you could buy smart clothes, and plenty to drink in your time off. That's what happened in South Africa, where it's still the case that many black men make as many babies and have as many girl friends as possible. There are still pockets of the old tribal life in existence, where the idea of responsibility still holds, but they are few.

In a part of South America, somewhere in the Amazon basin, there's a tribe of mixed native American and white ancestry, they have a belief structure regarding 'family' that goes like this... there is complete freedom for young people to have sex, thought they are tod thy mustn't make babies before marriage. However, should a young maiden become with child, then the blame is laid on the fresh water dolphin, who can, they say take human shape and the responsibility for the child is taken by the whole village, it's a rather 'special' child. Problem solved

Humanity has the capacity to 'invent' just about anything, be it something material or a philosophy, the choice is always ours.

In our modern world and onwards, humanity will have, in order for society not to collapse or become 'robotic', to formulate a better way of protecting children from the likes of irresponsible parenting, brainwashing schooling, propagandising, controlling governments, banks and corporations, whilst letting the kids be themselves that they can grow up to become wholehearted, centred , well balanced, joyful adults.

Obviously there's a lot more to be said on this topic, but for now I thought I'd throw in a little history as I observed it in Africa, and read about in other places.

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