ABSTRACT
Later childhood is the period of technical training during which it is expected that a large amount of economic responsibility will be assumed. The conscious education of the child is very much intensified from the time he achieves independence, but parents rarely realize the importance of the years from about four until about eight when little boys begin eating in the onjango. Before the age of eight or nine, children acquire few definite skills. Many of their games, however, are in imitation of adult activities, and adults recognize their preparatory nature and value. There is no definite time which marks the transition from early to later childhood, but there are marked differences between the two periods. A child should be taught enough diligence and application in cultivating that he or she may not lack the necessities in later adult life. The 'professions' which a child may learn are therefore in the nature of side-lines.
