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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.... absurd 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 woul ....
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