Includes bibliographical references.

The Setting -- The Child in Malitbog society -- Pregnancy and birth -- From Infancy to weaning -- Childhood and formal education -- Puberty and adolescence -- Courtship and marriage -- Family and household -- Circle of close relatives -- Wider circle of kin -- Social order and value orientation -- The Supernatural world -- Death and burial -- Summing up : tradition and the learning process

It discusses how knowledge, attitude and behavior of people are acquired in a certain culture, thus knowing their roles in society. Also, most of the sections touch on the importance of the different levels of communication in order to cope with community life/barrio life.