Gift of a Baby Camel

At 8 or 9 years old, boys among the Touareg, a nomadic people in North Africa, get a baby camel to care for.
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It helps to think of your child as a stranger in a strange land, like a study-abroad student you are hosting long term and to whom you must, patiently and constantly, explain the land they’re visiting.

“In our culture, we don’t put our feet on the table,” I have heard myself say. “I suppose there are cultures where you can, but this isn’t one of them.”

Then we get on the floor and play Legos, which is what we do in our culture.