"Boys are given goats to herd and messages to deliver. They hunt and fish. Girls weave, haul water, grind corn, chop firewood, serve as part-time mothers to their younger siblings; a serious share of baby care in the world is performed by girls not yet in their teens."
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NYT — Now We Are Six: The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood
Where does “riding a bike” and “watching ‘Howie’s World’” fit into all this?
