Tending

Citizens who are raising children that they are not the biological parent of - either as part of a commonhouse, or otherwise - are assuming a cultural role known as ‘tender’. Tenders are functionally the child’s parent and caregiver, and assume responsibility for raising them while they are within their care.

Children will use the title auxiliary ‘Tender’ in the same way as they would call their biological parent ‘Mother’ or ‘Father’.