TheLindenPapers<p>People who champion the nuclear family and insist that it is the only way to have a healthy family, are ridiculously misinformed.</p><p>The nuclear family -- as has been enforced by monarchial, state, and corporate powers -- is an exceedingly recent invention.</p><p>Humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. </p><p>We evolved to be cooperative breeders, with communities that heavily engaged in alloparenting ➡️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alloparenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alloparenting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foundfamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foundfamily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ittakesavillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ittakesavillage</span></a></p>