Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: growing up on kibbutz as case study

[Hans Tilstra (tilstra]

Bruno Bettleheim  has studied "Kibbutzniks" (those who live on Kibbutzim)
and the first generation are now in their 30s and 40s. He found that they
tended to be less anxious, nervous and aggressive than other Israelis, and
that the mothers in Kibbutzim were gentler with their children - there was
no evidence of child battering. However, Kibbutzniks were less ambitious and
striving than other Israelis.
(http://www.esher.ac.uk/scextranet/sociology/introduction.htm )

Here's a link to a pdf file on the topic...
http://www.history.ucla.edu/undergrad/pat/quaestio/PDF/sternbach.pdf

NB I'm not arguing that cohousing should position itself more in the kibbutz
direction; however, it does suggest that a kibbutz achieves qualities that
can be described as more androgynous in culture. From the cohousing reading
I've studied so far, there is a similarity in the reporting of children's
experiences and it's positive.

:-) Hans



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