[Nat Turner]

Actually, in Roman Law the Paterfamilias, was THE head of the household. He held all power over everyone not just the newborns and infants. Think of the Sheiks in Saudi for a good comparison
...No divorce courts, child support or alimony... Ahh paradise :)

[AbolishCSEU]

We have the EXACT opposite of that arrangement now in western culture. Mommy rules and daddy drools. And with it an explosion of boys acting like girls, children medicated with all sorts of mood enhancing drugs; the educational system dumbed down, the advent of “parenting by guilt” and “adult spousal status” given to children.

OH and the ever popular toddler in an adult’s body (non-self supporting “children” well into their twenties and thirties)