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Ideally children should be raised by more than two people.
Interesting one. Do you mean it in the "it takes a village" sense or in some more specific sense?
It takes a village, but more than that. In my experience (mostly speaking of my friends) rather well-adjusted people had significant influence from multiple adults living in their home: grandparents, aunts and uncles, roommates, family friends. They also tended to be involved with community things like sports and arts where they'd get close mentorship from other adults not in the home.
Though, everyone I've known who had a professional caretaker (nanny, etc.) is a hot mess. So it's more about having multiple people who care for you properly, not just more caretakers = better
I know a fair few kids of single parents who also kick ass, but most of them have some trauma too.
US culture is pushing that living with family is a sign of laziness/poverty and the opposite of success, when that couldn't be further from the truth. Individualism is killing us.
Specifically five people.
No, I will not elaborate.
Five people and a horse.
Is it the same specific five people for every child in the world? They must be super busy :/
Parent 1, Parent 2, Mr Rogers, Miss Rachel, and Blaze from Blaze and the Monster Machines.
Well yeah, "ideally" children should be raised by parents who are millionaires and have unlimited time, but for the rest of us we just make do.
All the kids of wealthy parents that I know are a mess. Their parents neglected them to pursue wealth. :[