Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 129
... child feel ashamed is also a deterrent but as this is done publicly it tends to produce inhibitions . At the age of six or seven a child may begin to go to school . The elementary school population ( children from seven to fourteen ) ...
... child feel ashamed is also a deterrent but as this is done publicly it tends to produce inhibitions . At the age of six or seven a child may begin to go to school . The elementary school population ( children from seven to fourteen ) ...
Page 130
... child financially . Or they may endeavour to keep the home going without the expected help from the earnings of the child after it leaves the elementary school . Obeah too plays its part in the furthering of the child's education . Some ...
... child financially . Or they may endeavour to keep the home going without the expected help from the earnings of the child after it leaves the elementary school . Obeah too plays its part in the furthering of the child's education . Some ...
Page 155
... child has a degree of similarity with that of the lower class child . The parents in both classes tend towards excessive indulgence . But whereas in the lower group this indulgence is modified by the time the child grows up , in the ...
... child has a degree of similarity with that of the lower class child . The parents in both classes tend towards excessive indulgence . But whereas in the lower group this indulgence is modified by the time the child grows up , in the ...
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