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Brain teaser 2 A family has four children. Their two eldest, a boy and a girl, are of primary-school age. The parents need help at home as well as extra income. Should they send both their eldest children to school? 1| 2|3|4|5|6|7| Next >>
A woman carries her baby on her back
© UNICEF/HQ00-0567/Lemoyne

A woman and her baby just outside the Eritrean capital, Asmara


Some parents think their son will be able to earn more in the future than their daughter, and the daughter is more likely to get married and look after her own children. If parents think that is just the way things are, they may decide it makes more sense for the girl to stay at home and help out while the boy goes to school.

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