“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.
17-year-old refuses to babysit his 38-year-old sister’s kids once after continuously doing it 5 days a week, gets grounded for putting friends above family: ‘I tried to defend myself but they didn’t listen’
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