14/07/2026
In Morocco, your child
doesn't belong to you alone. π²π¦π
The shopkeeper feeds them
when they are hungry β
without being asked,
without being paid.
The neighbor corrects them
when they are wrong β
and you thank her for it.
When they fall,
someone is already there
before you even knew
they had fallen.
And every evening β
from windows you never notice β
eyes watch until your child
walks through your door safely.
Then they withdraw.
Their job is done.
Until tomorrow.
In Morocco, the parent
is never parenting alone.
The street parents with them.
The shop parents with them.
The elderly man on his chair
parents with them.
Your child knows no strangers
on their street.
Every door is known.
Every face is safe.
In the West, they say:
'It takes a village to raise a child.'
In Morocco's popular neighborhoods β
The village never left.
Did you grow up like this?
Do your children? π