Reply to What is “a village”?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "What is “a village”?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We always hear how modern moms don’t have “a village” like in the past. What exactly is the village? What are we missing that past moms had?[/quote]

1. Grandparents who are young and active enough to truly help with children of all ages
2. Siblings and friends with children of similar and somewhat older ages, both to commiserate and to offer advice
3. Aunts and uncles who are also willing and able to lend a hand
4. A community who can be trusted to teach a child (hey, thanks for holding the door for the person with a box *or* hey, I saw you scaring that animal, don't do that) and intervene if they see a need
5. Anyone (everyone) willing to lend a hand when illness, pregnancy/birth, or other event necessitates help[/quote]

Less people have kids now so what’s in it for them to help you?[/quote]

1. Someone to house sit while they’re on vacation

2. Cheap teen/child labor to pet sit, mow lawns, shovel snow, etc

3. A community young enough to be able to and who can be trusted to help an elder struggling with aging in place or visit them when they move into assisted living (run errands for them, visit with them, etc)

4. Anyone (everyone) willing to lend a hand when illness or other event necessitates help

This is the type of village I was raised in.  It seems a little harder to build/find in a transient big city but I’m having pretty good luck with chatting with other parents at playgrounds/joining group chats and staying in touch with family (although they are for emergencies/emotional support only as they aren’t local) and old friends.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics