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Customs, fashions and uniforms
Now and Then
overalls
Childhood as a distinct social status is a modern invention unknown in traditional societies based on farming, herding or hunting and gathering. Early in life, children took on bits of adult roles as part of family life. Beyond their first few years, they dressed like smaller versions of their parents.
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