Does it ?

[Grumpy]

Take a village to raise a child.

Just curious..

Grumpy

[donquixote99]

One can quibble, but I think the basic claim boils down to 'people are social animals.' Which is just true.

[mpholland]

It takes parents to raise a child. The village is just to help with social development and to watch over him when he is not under parental supervision. Without parents, they wind up being children raised by society, which is part of the problem with many of todays youth.

[finnbow]

If one wants a socialized child, yes. If one wants his child to be unprepared to make it in society, no.

[Dondilion]

Is the intent: a village can raise a child better than the parents or parents need the village to help raise the child?

Anyway one should be wary of the village; it can be very intrusive.

[barbara]

Doesn't have to be an either / or....

Both the village and the parents play a role in the development of an individual.

[Tom Joad]

"It takes a village to raise a child"

That's gotta be one of the all time dumbass statements there ever was.

It's right up there with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ywt3gml3M

[d-ray657]

In my experience with sports, churches, school organizations, and scouts, a number of other adults were influential and provided our kids with tremendous examples of service in support of the greater good. My wife and I tried to do the same thing with other kids when we were in positions where we had responsibility for them. To me, this is what is meant by the phrase.

In all fairness, our kids also had opportunities to see the kind of adults they did not want to grow into being. It was ultimately up to us as parents to impart the values to allow them to discern what conduct to reject and what conduct to emulate.

Regards,

D-Ray

[djv8ga]

Of course not.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Of course not.

Nope! Home school 'em in the bunker!