Necessary chores were done with a buddy. The constant responsibility of watching over our young was lessened by another woman or young girl who could keep an eye on the children while mother showered or read or just sat down for a few minutes to gather her thoughts and quiet her mind. Even the poorest woman of today has at lease some of the modern conveniences. Yet we do hold some similarities with our foremothers. Among them are exclusive breast-feeding, natural childbirth and home birth with midwives, cotton diapers, organic food, unvaccinated, uncircumcised children, and home schooling.
Most mothers opt for all the modern conveniences.
If someone, somewhere planted a scientifically cultivated, chemically treated, hybrid seed in the minds of our sisters that caused them to chose manmade options over mother nature, then we can plant an organic seed in its place and grow organic mothers. And drugs, faltering academics, sexually assaulting teachers, and student apathy all plague the public school systems. I'm not saying that home schooling and all of the above are for everyone. No one can be a purist. I'm just suggesting that it be wonderful to look out the kitchen window on any given afternoon and see a neighborhood full of happily playing children and mothers who shared my natural views on birth and parenting instead staring a empty street full of barren driveways.