“It takes a village to raise a child,” the classic quotation goes, but it doesn’t thoroughly examine the involvement of said village. To some, a village means pre-colonial communal raising of children, without the traditional post-colonial idea of a nuclear family with a mother and father. All of the adults in said village take responsibility for all of the children and their well-being, and all teach them different things. Kids are constantly surrounded by more than two adults and form strong attachments to grown-ups who aren’t their biological parents.
