Child Rearing in Our Society
“It takes a whole village to raise a child” is a Nigerian proverb that exists in different forms in many African languages. The basic meaning is that child rearing is a community effort and the responsibility for raising a child is shared with the larger family. ... The meaning behind this proverb is sometimes confusing in our society, since we mainly view things on the basis of individuals instead of a “village”. ... Most of our nations’ children have only one cargiver contributing towards raising a child to be a decent human being. ... Does anyone in our society really have the ideal situation of being raised by a village? ... However, the fact remains that the more people that cooperatively assist in raising children, the more likely it is that our society will produce decent human beings.