How Yucatec Maya Children Learn to Help at Home

Autor: María Dolores Cervera Montejano, Yuliana Stacy Fernandez, Lucía Alcalá
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Human Development. 65:191-203
ISSN: 1423-0054
0018-716X
DOI: 10.1159/000518457
Popis: Children’s household contributions have been studied across cultural communities, mostly on the basis of maternal reports. Less is known about children’s views of their contributions. This study examines Yucatec Maya children’s ethnotheories of learning to help at home and their motivation for helping. We interviewed 38 7- to 11-year-old children in two communities in the Yucatán Peninsula, México. Children in both communities contributed substantially to their families by regularly taking the initiative to help with family work. Children explained that they like to help and that helping is a shared responsibility among family members. Children’s sense of belonging and responsibility to the family seemed to be the driving forces in their contributions, as they pay attention to the needs of the family and take the initiative to learn and help. These findings demonstrate the relevance of studying children’s ethnotheories to understand cultural variations on learning to help at home.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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