The biggest responsibility about children naturally is the mother's. Sometimes, children are breast-fed up to the age of three. Children play freely with their friends from the clan or the mahala, and are much freer to do as they please than the children of non-Rroma. One has to say that for girls, this freedom is rapiddly restricted, since as soon as her mother has other children, she is expected to help her mother raise her siblings, sometimes when she is as young as 7 years. In traditional nomadic families, girls are also expected to go in the villages with their mothers for fortune-telling or to sell some things. At home, a girl is not only expected to help raise their siblings, she also has to help her mother for household chores, cooking, washing clothes etc.
Traditionally, a boy is expected to help his father in his work, be it smith work or tinning (emptying buckets, bringing water), or goes with his father to the market to sell hand made objects or to buy, sell or exchange horses. This way, the boys (and the girls) learn the Rroma trades and professions.
This is not to say that no Rroma child goes to school. In fact, they all do, and many have completed a university degree. However, in school they often encounter big problems, be it due to racism, discrimination, or simply because they are still expected to help out at home.