Family life in the Maolelap

Family life in the outer islands is different from Majuro and Ebeye or any place that has modern technologies. Family life is a little hard and very simple. A family has to work together to help put food on the table. From the oldest to the younger each has a part to help make money. They fish and eat other fruits and vegetables such as taro, breadfruit and banana the men go out collect coconut to husk them, dry them and sell it to the company Tobolar so they can get money to buy clothes or any things they need. Money is not very important to those in the outer islands. The women raise the kids. The kids do chores around the house after they get back from school. The elders do what they do best and that is telling bed time stories and teaching the culture to children. Since there is no electricity, there is little entertainment but being around the family telling stories all day and night. Life is very peaceful in the outer islands, and it’s better to be there than living in Majuro. There is limited alcohol and tobacco. Parents in the outer islands worry less about teenage children getting drunk and pregnant. Outer islands life is much quieter. Parents won’t have to worry about bills that have to be pay like those in Majuro. Family life in the outer islands has this sense of closeness compared to live on Majuro. In outer islands, Marshallese culture is livelier.