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     The children were very important to the Inuit family.  Having many meant more help and someone to look after them when there were old.  At age eight both boys and girls were taught skills to survive.  Girls learned how to set traps, trim the lamp wick and make and care for the clothing.  Boys learned to build an igloo, tell about animal tracks, use weapons and copy hunting calls.  Both boys and girls had to know how to use a sled and dog team.  For fun children liked to tell stories with their story knives.  They used the knives to draw a picture in the mud or snow.  In the spring the children played games outside.  They played using balls of seal skin or tossing a rabbit skull into the air to try and spear it.  They also liked to dance and sing. When a boy caught his first seal or caribou, it was a huge feast for the whole family.