History of the Kibbutz: Child-Rearing on Early Kibbutzim (Part 2) – News from Jerusalem

Child-rearing on the kibbutz was a revolutionary departure from the traditional family unit left behind in Europe. For each member to sufficiently work and contribute to the greater good of the kibbutz, no member could be weighed down with child-rearing responsibilities. Therefore, the kibbutz initiated shared child-rearing by placing all community children in children’s houses. This freed parents mentally and physically for work, specifically releasing women from their traditional domestic responsibilities. This method of child-rearing also enforced the ideology of a shared community: the children were the children of the community, not just of the parents, and it was the community’s responsibility to raise them.
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