Yes, it’s important that we share our sleep training tips with fellow moms on Facebook and that we give each other’s kids a ride home from Girl Scouts. While the phrase “it takes a village” is being used at an all time high, a sense of communal society and shared values amongst raising our children may be at an all time low.
The child grows up, and “is raised” around the values and morals of the entire village, not just what’s going on at home. The feeling that a village must help in raising a child is more about the values, responsibilities and life lessons that the village must share and not only about helicopter parents getting help from the village. Some believe it to be from an ancient African proverb, African cultures, and some believe it comes from the Native Americans both very communal societies. The exact origin of the phrase is unknown. If we do, we may start to get back to the true communities that once existed. If it’s a phrase that we are going to say, write and repeat as a modern society, let’s live it to its fullest extent. The second half of the phrase, “to raise a child” means more than parents helping one another.
#I HATE MY VILLAGE FULL#
The full phrase is: it takes a village to raise a child. We’re leaving it off when we say it but more importantly with how we’re living it. While it’s wonderful to see and hear, as a society, we’re leaving off half of the phrase. I’ve heard it on the playground, seen it mentioned on people’s Facebook posts and even seen a few major brands use it in advertising. Over the past few years, I’ve heard a major comeback of a favorite phrase of mine from sociology: it takes a village.
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