Child+Lessons


 * ===value of giving + receiving emotional + physical support, value + pleasure of modalities of nurture + succor===
 * ===infants greatly indulged by parents + siblings + are frequently center of attraction in a group===
 * ===sensitivity to shame (exposed to teasing when young)===
 * ===skilled resourcefulness, flexibility, + interdependence===
 * ===learn to pick berries, dig clams, gather eggs, + collect heather for cooking fires in summer + early autumn at the hunting camps===
 * ===expected to take part in economic activities by age 12===
 * ===girls- sew + make boots, prepare skins, + tend stone lamps, cook===
 * ===boys- hunting + fishing techniques, accompany men on hunting expeditions===
 * ===girls eligible for marriage after puberty; men not eligible until they obtain adequate hunting knowledge===
 * ===when boy shoots first seal, caribou, or polar bear, family celebrates his achievement with certain rituals===
 * ===menarche not marked by seclusion or behavioral restrictions===
 * ===peer pressure for Inuit girl to give priority to traditional skills===
 * ===children must attend school between ages of 6-15; most Inuit adolescents drop out at age 16===