Childeria

A 'childeria' is a group of people whose collective duty is it to make and raise a child, or rather a pair of children, since two childers must be present. All the rest of the members of the childeria are doulas and there may be up to ten or eleven per childer. The childeria is a closeknit group, and it is possible that one or two of the doulas might be old romantic interests of the childers, or they may be older cousins or aunts. It is not forbidden for the members of a childeria to continue their romantic involvements with each other, provided they don't neglect their duties or sow discord. In practice, most people take childing duty so seriously that it is very rare to see quarrels between them. Once both the children of the childeria are weaned, approximately half the doulas retire and head off to continue their tertonhood or become shinzos, while the rest accompany their child to the Circle of Games. They will stay till the child levels up to hana, after which most or all will leave, andf the hana will join a dorm group supervised by a handful of doulas,