Chapter 4 - The Samoan Household
Summary
While outlining the Samoan household, this chapter also goes into the family structure in great detail. There are many levels of relationships in each house, and many minute details dealing with how siblings of various ages are to interact with each other. Rivalries for leadership can become very complicated as well.
Summary
While outlining the Samoan household, this chapter also goes into the family structure in great detail. There are many levels of relationships in each house, and many minute details dealing with how siblings of various ages are to interact with each other. Rivalries for leadership can become very complicated as well.
Discussion
The fact that the reading mentioned many children or adolescents not getting much time to themselves seems like it would cause a large strain on them when hitting puberty. I might have misread, but it seemed like Mead was saying the children are either being watched by superiors, or having younger children help them with tasks throughout the day. They don’t seem to have much time to just relax and enjoy. It sounds like they mostly have a constant grind of living.
The fact that the reading mentioned many children or adolescents not getting much time to themselves seems like it would cause a large strain on them when hitting puberty. I might have misread, but it seemed like Mead was saying the children are either being watched by superiors, or having younger children help them with tasks throughout the day. They don’t seem to have much time to just relax and enjoy. It sounds like they mostly have a constant grind of living.
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