India

Family is very important in the Indian culture. In the family girls aren’t treated as fairly as boys. If a woman has many sons they have a high status. At a young age girls learn to care for family and their house. Little girls often watch their little brother and sisters while their mothers work.  In an Indian house the mother does most of the work. First they wake up really early, and then they bathe and offer bread to the gods of her house. After she prays for her house than cleans the house, and paints a pattern with rice flour at the door to protect her house. After that she will probably cook breakfast for her family and would walk to work.  When she gets home, she has to carry water and prepares the evening meal. The woman always eats after her family. It is common for the family to live with the 3 generations, the grandparents, parents, and the kids. 

            Most children start school at the age of 7 but most of the time their at work instead of school. School starts at 8 o’clock and ends at 3 o’clock except for young children who go home at lunchtime. The classes are very large and are crowed at the desks. In the rural areas, not a lot of girls go to school because they’re usually home doing housework or looking after their younger brothers and sisters. If a family only has money for one child to go to school the boy gets first chance. In India the law is that girls must be educated but the law is usually not obeyed. Out of girls aged 5-9 30.2% of girls go to school and out of girls aged 10-14 44.6% go to school. The literacy rate for girls in India is less than 30%.