Saturday, March 21, 2009

Zambian Children (Respect)

One of the amazing things about Zambia throughout the villages is the true respect from the children. If you are speaking with a family, the children are beyond interested but they stay about 15 feet away out of respect. I asked one of the care givers about if they are shy, and she said, “well sort of, they would join their friend, but they stand off out of respect of the conversation being had”. Children that are being raised mostly by single mother or no parents at all and there was a forum of respect that they carried with them. If you asked a group of kids to stand back from a picture or share one of the fruit snacks, they would listen right then and do what you said. I found this very interesting and quite pleasant about my experience there. Plus there are children everywhere!!! Over 50% of the population in Zambia is children and the average age is 38 yrs old.

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