Mothering in the Motherland
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child (Or at the Very Least, Transport One)

You all know the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.”
Where is the village?
Every mother, especially in the United States, is faced with major decisions the second her child is born. Many times the choice is between a career or staying home full-time. Then come vaccines, medications, nursing, bottle feeding, sleep training, daycare, preschool, public, private, parenting methods, college savings, you name it. At the end of the day, the responsibility belongs to the parents—t




Arsineh, I completely agree with you regarding the importance of living in a village environment. In researching my family history, I realized that in finding blood relatives, even those who were not relatives, they were still related by the village they all lived in before immigrating to America.In America almost everyone from that village settled in a specific area of Los Angeles. After three generations the “village” has spread out in various areas and only a few remain as descendants of Karakala.