Children Who Take Care of Other Children in the Suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique

  • Elena Colonna
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Abstract

In some areas of the world, child-care services are increasingly provided by adult professional educators, carrying their baggage of psycho-pedagogical theories, degree programs, and specialized educational training. In other places, children themselves play this role, looking after younger siblings or other children from their own or their neighbors’ families. In the suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique, where the present study was conducted, it is not uncommon to see children without adult supervision, walking in the streets with a baby strapped to their back or hand in hand with a toddler who has barely learned to walk.

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Birth Order Young Sibling Migrant Child African Child Adult Supervision 
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