Every child contributes to decision making through discussion and helps to arrive at consensus, or uses the voting process if it becomes necessary.
The children who could - that is, today's senior citizens - contributed to the family income, and in some cases supported the entire family.
The children, who range from about 8 to about 12, contribute to the Russ's homey atmosphere.
Over 170 children between the ages of 6 and 16 contributed to the project, which was dedicated to the station on June 11, 1997.
Once more, local children contributed the tree's ornaments (which were again permitted to be multi-colored).
Some even went so far as to assure that the child herself was a collective, with some genetics contributed by each of the legal parents.
For much of human history and across different cultures, children less than 17 years old have contributed to family welfare in a variety of ways.
From the 1840s child and young adult mortality contributed most of the decline.
Ferry's children have also contributed to his 2010 album Olympia.
The ninth child, Lorena, has contributed in another way.