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Who? Parent, guardian or village? By definition a parent is a mother or father who begets or brings forth offsprings. It is also one who brings up and cares for another. A guardian is one who has the care of the person or property of another, such as a . A village is a settlement of people. A day off yesterday, so the Mrs and I went into the city to wander around and window shop. I watched getting into all kinds of things, wanting this, wanting that, making a fuss when told no, etc, and mothers just walking away doing their own thing well the whined and wandered around. Christmas shopping season you know, the toys and glitter are out. Lunch was much the same. We went to Mario's for a quite meal for the two of us. Two tables over sat a man, woman and a of three maybe four. They were eating, the little girl made a minor fuss, the mother said something and the went back to eating and looking happy. One table over were three ladies and two . The were up, down, here and there while the ladies sat talking and having lunch, letting the do as thy pleased. Much to the discomfort of the people near by. Catercorner(catty-corner) was an older couple with a little girl sitting in a raise-em up seat. She was active and noisy, dropping things from the table, like silverware, crayons, etc. They ignored her while others close by or the server would pick up and put the things back on the table. No problem to me, I like , if they get to much out of hand, I just ask the people to look after them. Most of the time with good results and other times with a "screw you" attitude. Point is, to-days parent thinks others should look after their while the parents ignore the . They have the attitude of "it takes a village to raise a " where I think it is the duty of the parent or guardian. I also think that if "it takes a village to raise a " then pretty soon you have nothing but a bunch of "village idiots". What is your view or take on "it takes a village to raise a " 
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I know my grandkids go out for meals once a week, usually with their friends and friends parents, as well as their own, of course. Kids get very bored when the meal is over, and Helen usually takes along their colouring pencils and paper, and they sit and draw etc. As far as I can see, from their behaviour, kids will be kids, and if they are spoiled at home they will misbehave when they are out, as they are used to getting their own way. My two are usually good, one word from their Dad and all is well!!!!!
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dinty, those who claim to know state our basic values are formed by the time we are seven years old. Now if a village raises the child, then the child will be more like the village and not the parent . The beginning of life, conception..
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11/7/2013 9:56 am |
It takes the village but that does not exclude the duty of the primary caregiver be it parent, grandparent or other person. I would tell the story of my twin nieces as an example but that would be a whole blog. I'll summarize by saying that my sister was not able to parent them on her own so relatives and close friends all contributed. In spite of all of this they are about to graduate from high school where they have been scholars, athletes and active in church and community activities. Both have already been accepted at top name colleges with full scholarships. Spiritwoman ^i^
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