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The Aztecs

You're Dead to Me

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A Newborn Aztec Baby Is Born

When a small baby is born, the whole family gather round and touch it. Once children are weaned, boys go with fathers and girls go with mothers. Women don't do all the child care. Even if you get divorced, the boy children goes with the dad, and the girl children go with the mum. They did have divorce onat a they tried to discourage it, but you could get divorced. People drew up marriage contracts to say what would happen to the staff if they got married. It's just kind of like that. The Aztecs were very loving towards their children. You hear accounts of small children going to the market and having to pick up grains and things like

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