Childhood in a Sri Lankan VillageLike toddlers all over the world, Sri Lankan children go through a period that in the U. S. is referred to as the terrible twos. Yet once they reach elementary school age, they appear uncannily passive, compliant, and undemanding compared to their Western counterparts. Clearly, these children have undergone some process of socialization, but what? Over ten years ago, anthropologist Bambi Chapin traveled to a rural Sri Lankan village to begin answering