They are never bored. From morning til night they are always in a mixed-age group of children. Whether playing or working they are members of a company that jokes and laughs and sings. They do not have to worry about fashion and peer pressure. Little Charity may have an ill-fitting, torn dress and no shoes but all her friends are in the same boat so it does not worry her.
Nobody fears their being harmed or molested.
That is why I can take a whole group of them in my van without any parent feeling any alarm or issuing warnings to their children. They also know that they play crucial roles in their families. Their chores in the home and on the farm are not incidental to family welfare but vital to its well-being and even its survival. This gives them a sense of worth that is difficult to replicate in a Western, urban environment. These children epitomise for me one of the major problems facing the world today.