Tierra Encantada Charter School discussion

In this polygamous culture each household is enclosed in a compound. Each wife lives in a hut with her children, and the husband visits each wife in turn, though he has his own hut as well. Children are often cared for more or less commonly. What do you ting the advantages and disadvantages of this form of social structure are?

One advantage is that they learn to be independent at a very young age and self sustained... But the disadvantage of this is that your social skills arnt as good and you're not as close as other cultures to their family

I think the advantage of the children is that they learn to do what they have to do at a very early age and they learn to become independent at a early age. The disadvantage is that they are not having as much communication or just spending time with their whole family.

A couple adantages of this are; One: you wouldn't always have to be around siblingsbyou dislike Two: Parents won't always be focusing on yuo if you are your mother's only child. A cuple of disadvantages are; One: you can't get information fom your parents as soon as you want Two: you can't always talk to your parents or siblings.

Advantage:The children learn how to be independent at a young age.
Disadvantage:Children don't really have much social skills to other children or to the people around them.

A good advantage is that the kids can be more mature and do things their self, rather than other people having to do it for them. The down side is that they do not know how to communicate with the other people around them.

I think some of the advantages of this is that they definitely have more space, they learned to respect their father/husband, the children also had a closer relationship with their mother and siblings but some of the disadvantages are that they would be somewhat isolated from others if they don't live in the same hut and in general they wouldn't be as social as other cultures

This allows for chores to be done in a way that allows for all to have a fair share and for children to be raised communally.It also allows for everyone not to be crowed into one big hut ,but rather spread into several small ones. Everything would have to be very orderly.The kids would learn both independence and interdependence. The family would probably not be very close knit and loving with so many moms and so many kids, there would be to many people to get close to anyone but your own mom. Your father may barely realize you existed if there were enough kids.

It's good because each child gets a pretty equal amount of attention from thier father. They get more space, they bond with thier mom and siblings, and they are independent at an early age. The bad things are that if the father has many children, the kids won't get much attention. The kids wouldn't be very socially adept, and they wouldn't be able to talk to siblings from other huts as much.

A good advantage is that the kids can be more advanced and do more things by themselves compared to relying on other people. The bad part is there is no communication .

I think the advantage of this is that the children learn to be independent and don't have the excuse of being distracted by others. The disadvantage would be not being able to ask for help, and the lack of social skills that the solitude would increase.

Advantage 1. Children get equal amount of attention.
Advantage 2. Parents do not get overwhelmed with the children.
Disadvantage 1. Children cant communicate with the parents that great.
Disadvantage 2. Children do not get much if any attention from the father.

I think that each advantage has a disadvantage that goes hand and hand. One of the advantages that goes with this is that the children don't have to be cluttered into one hut each wife and sed wives children get their own personal space. A disadvantage would be that the children don't really get to see their father and when they do he is firm and mean to them.

i think that some of the advantages are that every one helps each-other out so if one women needs to do some thing another one can take care of her children wile she dose it and then later she can return the favor. but a disadvantage is that it is probably vary chaotic and it must be a lot of warm feeding all those people .

This is good because not too much conflict between the wives can be created. They can’t see if one is treated better then another. Also it would be easier to manage the children. But it makes the family more distant from each other than most.

Pro:
Children receive more attention in their own hut.
Pro:
If one mother leaves another mother can take care of the children.
Con:
The family is more distant.
Con:
They don't see their father much.

the advantages are the child learns how to become independent when they're young so they don't have to rely on other people and can support themselves. The disadvantages are that the child has a less of a relationship with his father and siblings.

Kai wrote: "Pro:
Children receive more attention in their own hut.
Pro:
If one mother leaves another mother can take care of the children.
Con:
The family is more distant.
Con:
They don't see their father much."

Kathryn wrote: "This allows for chores to be done in a way that allows for all to have a fair share and for children to be raised communally.It also allows for everyone not to be crowed into one big hut ,but rathe..."

I agree with Kathryn. This system allows children to be raised with a more equal chore system. I would think that this system would be similar to a small boarding school. There are more children around which would make it easier or harder for a child to make friends with its sibling, depending on their personallity.

I agree with Xavier that the children become independent at a young age. Being independent means that they might grow up faster and get their life started quickly.