Summary
The author outlines the education of Samoan children, with some but not exclusive focus on the girls. Notably, much of the rearing of very young children is done by the slightly older children.
Discussion
Compared to the fifty United States of today, the Samoan method seems to be involve relatively little direct responsibility from the parents. I don't know that this is necessarily a function of the technological sophistication (or lack thereof) of the Samoans at this time, so where it came from could be an interesting question.
Again, with the brief mention of schools we see that some Western ideas have already begun to reach Samoa by Mead's time.
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