8 There's a ____ to view children in the UK, and in the Western world in general, as ____ and ____ . But this isn't the case throughout the world. In many societies children work and contribute to the family in whatever way they can from a very early age. A good example of this is childcare. In the UK, it is illegal for a child under the age of 14 to look after another child ____ , because they're deemed incompetent and irresponsible. In other cultures, this is not the case. Michelle Johnson has written about the Fulani of West Africa ____ how by the age of four, girls are ____ to be able to care for their younger siblings, fetch water and firewood and by the age of six will be pounding grain, ____ milk and butter and selling these alongside their mothers in the market.