Child Rearing In Victorian Times
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Childhood barely existed for most British children at the end of
the eighteenth century, since they began a lifetime of hard labour as soon
as they were capable of simple tasks. By contrast, the fortunate children
of the wealthy generally were spoiled and enjoyed special provisions for
the need o ....
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.... to even consider the child being neglected.
Mothers and Fathers were seen as special, glamourous guests, due to
the fact that they were never around and rarely seen by their children.
This was because child and parent led totally separate existences, they
were only summoned to appear before their parents at a certain set hour of
the day. Many Victorian children like Winston Churchill and Harriet Marden
recall such cold relations between their selves and their mothers that
they would ....
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