Does it take a village to raise a child?

Answer 1

No....That's hogwash! What it takes is a Mother and Father who actually CARE about the kid, and who do what it takes to guide and direct the kid to learn how to make right decesions.

village, my big, hairy butt!!!

Answer 2

The answer is more complicated than a Yes or No. My first thought is No because it's a parental responsibility. The village did not have a child, a couple did. Therefor the sole responsibility lies on the couple to teach the child and get it educated. Not to mention the housing and feeding of that child.
Now the Yes part is where it gets complicated.
We as a society set standers as to how to behave and act. When the child does not follow these governing and societal laws, we as villagers should point this out to the child.
An example would be a teenager being rude on the bus, cursing and such. We as adults should say "this is not acceptable and you should know better than to act that way.

Now the real question is...
Are the villagers doing their job?
When I was a child the example I gave was done to me, I was rude and a grown up gave me a talking to. I was polite and listen to the elderly gentleman because I was taught to respect my elders.
Today's villagers are scared to say anything because the children are more violent and disrespectful than ever.
Who is at fault here? The villagers.

The argument, "Does it take a village to raise a child? " was a Hilary Clinton buzz word. Exchange village for government.
With the way government acts, on both sides, do you really want them to raise a child?

Answer 3

Yes. Not necessarily a village like a town but it does take a lot of positive influences to raise a child. I think it's important to have many people in a child's life.

I think the parent's are the only ones responsible but I think it's up to parents to show their kids family and many different "good" people.

Answer 4

absolutely not!!!!!!!! I will raise my own thank you very much. the village as a whole may have the same or near same values as my own but not everyone in it will and in most cases it will be split in many different ways. especially in this day and age when there are so many nationalities with completely different customs and values. the particular "village" i live in collectively does not have the same values i do. i live in a predominately liberal town and do not care for the political, social nor moral values this town exudes. it takes two dedicated parents to properly raise a child. and before all you single parents out there want to bash that last statement.....regardless of how good a parent you may be, it still takes two to properly do the job.

Answer 5

well, of course all people in the village influence a child. since the phrase comes from africa, where everyone in the village is extended family, it makes a lot of sense.

as an excuse to fund day care, it's lousy. day care is very harmful to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The money is our society is very mal-distributed, tho, and the village should, as they do in europe, pay moms to stay home with their kids so that the kids can be decently raised and have good quality lives.

Answer 6

Well, these days, I wouldn't trust the village to help me raise my child. With the child molestors and all, geez, no today it does not take a village to raise a child.

Answer 7

Having just the parents can sometimes be very demanding and I helps to have the family or the "village". Finacially, emotional, spiritually, and everything else can seem better when you have the family to help out when times get tough.

Answer 8

my child is 25 and i sure wish the village had been there to participate in a healthy way

Answer 9

IT DEPENDS ON THE VILLAGE, A STATEMENT LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRUE 20 YEARS AGO. WHERE I LIVED I'LL BE DAMNED IF ANYONE IN THE VILLAGE HAS ANY INFLUENCE ON MY CHILDREN'S UP BRINGING

Answer 10

No it doesn't it take parents, but the village can sure influence the baby.

Answer 11

An army of support the size of a village, anyway.