Here is another example of parenting that we have not yet discussed:
The parents all left their children to go fight for the revolution. Is this form of parenting better or worse to the aristocrats’ form of it? Both involve neglect but one is for indulgence and the other is for a greater cause, which will improve the life of the next generation; their children. However, in the process, if these children are neglected and experience violence, will the outcome be great enough to counteract the trauma that they go through? Obviously being a parent during times like those was not ideal but could part of the failure of post revolution France be due to the neglect that the children went through who later rose to power?
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Excellent questions, Ma'ayan. And WOW this blog looks great! P.S. My "word verification" word (you know, with the letters all squished around?) right now is "froodion." I think someone needs to make up a definition so I can use it in casual conversation with others.
I think that is an interesting thought, in my opinion, I think he children of the peasants will as they get older, appreciate what their parents went through for them. At the present, they may not enjoy not growing up around their parents as much as they would like but their parents are fighting for them. Also because the peasants are fighting for their children, I don't think that makes them any less of a parent because this fighting is not just for themselves, unlike the aristocrats who tend to do things just for themselves.
Yes I would agree with your blog here, but I must tweek it ever so slightly. The peasant children have been abandoned for a cause that they might not understand. But if the parents were not to go off and fight, would the children be better off? This type of neglect is necessary for the betterment of the country. Though not desirable, I have to point of the current day issues that call many parents off to battle. Inevitably someone will be neglected and abandoned, but in the end, it is necessary to secure the state.
thats a really great question... I see two sides to it. The peasant parents are being extremely selfless and sacraficing their hard lives to make the lives of their children better. On the otherhand, in the short term, they are being selfish by leaving their children alone and not being their emotionally and physically for their children. However, the war they are waging it to help their children...
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