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Female children are to help their mothers with chores, including cooking, cleaning, and farming. They are to become beautiful so that they can be sold off to a high ranking clansman at a high price. They help provide food to their fathers.

Male children are to inherit in their father's work, helping with chores, farming, and wine-tapping among other tasks. They are to become strong men, excelling in Wrestling and other war fare.

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