Yeah, child rearing has never been something only handled by two fucking people u too recently. Children need a community to develop into normal people. Otherwise, perfectly healthy children will end up with shitloads of problems with hygiene, social skills, and or self management as adults for basically no fucking reason.
I think most adults view kids as potential alter egos of their elders.
Most adults have an empathetic deficit towards kids.
They think childhood is supposed to be some universal cultural experiemce, that fashion, media, etc is supposed to remain the same as back in the old days.
I'm not a parent but I think it's important to be careful in taking too much credence in all the parenting fads. The "correct way" to raise a child is changing all the time and everyone has their own opinion about it.
My opinion is that just focusing on the obvious ones is already doing quite a lot:
>nutrition, make sure they're getting a varied nutrition and enough protein >exercise. Any type is OK. Helps to have them try different sports and see what they like. Sometimes it's the people they don't like. Swimming, bouldering, gymnastics, there's tons of sports, don't just force your kid to like whatever the dominant sport is. If they're old enough, the gym is great for a bunch of reasons as a supplement to some sport. >education. Getting them quality education is good. Also getting your kid to bump shoulders with richer kids can be good for long term prospects but the wealth disparity can cause trauma. So just beware. You can also supplement education by providing your kid with things they like to do. >sleep hygiene. Very important. It's also good to explain these things to your kid. Giving them autonomy and shit. >basic skills like cooking and cleaning. Chores fucking suck but if done together they can become a way to feel useful in the family and bring people together. >socializing. Super important to socialize a lot during all stages in life. We live in a society. Beware that socializing has become less and less common nowadays. people are more shut in and paranoid of each other. Also online gaming is pretty big which isn't really proper socializing. A LAN party would be though, for example. Post too long. Click here to view the full text.