Does it ?

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by 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.

+1 and it takes both with the family taking the lead. Without a family a child would be lost in a society.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Take a village to raise a child.

Just curious..

Grumpy

Perhaps in this sense it does. I grew up in a small village in Quebec where everyone in the village knew who I was. You were very careful about how you behaved in public, a) because any dumb acts would be brought to your parent's attention very quickly, and b) behaving like an a**hole in public would reflect badly on your upbringing. Not that it spoiled our fun because it sure did not.

Sure everyone knew everyone Else's 'business' but not in a bad sense. for example when an elderly couple got burnt out before the day was out an empty house was made available and furniture and food was provided.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Take a village to raise a child.

Just curious..

Grumpy

It can't hurt.

[Pio1980]

It can't hurt, especially when the "parents" are the villiage idiots.

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[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by barbara

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

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

Perfect!

[hillbilly]

No, but in some cases it takes grandparents. All it takes is a kid to forget everything good that they once were after hooking up with a bad crowd after turning 18 and saying ''you can't stop me, I'm 18 now and will party all I want to.''

[icenine]

As long as it is not The Village Of The Damned.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by icenine

As long as it is not The Village Of The Damned.