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 educates her children, cares for all, takes care of all. Cares for the little ones. Serves everyone, strives for all, neglects nothing , preserves what she has, does not rest.

As is seen the main parent attribute is children education. Indeed, children were loved and wanted by family, relatives and the community. From the moment of birth a series of ceremonies began with ancestral speeches, where all were reminded, again and again, the values and principles.

“Children education began the day of their birth with speeches by the parents and relatives who predicted their fate. Although regarded as small adults and citizens with all the rights from the moment of birth, children were treated with great affection and ''were called "priceless jewels" or "precious feathers". ''

Domestic education, which began after weaning, at three or four years, was intended to induce adulthood techniques and obligations as soon as possible in the child. A world in which manual labor was common to all, offered children the opportunity to participate in adult activities much earlier than, for