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I’m not surprised that this document is one of the ones most commented on because it did leave a very strong impression on the reader. In a time where there have been countless debates over spanking children as punishment, the idea of a parent using a rod to frighten a child barely one year old so that they cry softly seems absurd. | I’m not surprised that this document is one of the ones most commented on because it did leave a very strong impression on the reader. In a time where there have been countless debates over spanking children as punishment, the idea of a parent using a rod to frighten a child barely one year old so that they cry softly seems absurd. | ||
| − | Another thing I found rather odd in the letter was on page 31 “nor were they ever permitted to call each other by their proper names without the addition of brother or sister.” Nowadays I don’t know anyone who calls their sibling “brother” or “brother Jacob”. The relationship between siblings today is a rather casual one, usually including nicknames for each other not calling each other by their family relationship. The addition of the title “brother” or “Sister” to one’s name brought about the image of a monastery or an Abbey in my mind. --Megan Mc. | + | Another thing I found rather odd in the letter was on page 31 “nor were they ever permitted to call each other by their proper names without the addition of brother or sister.” Nowadays I don’t know anyone who calls their sibling “brother” or “brother Jacob” (unless you count Buster in the tv series Arrested Development). The relationship between siblings today is a rather casual one, usually including nicknames for each other not calling each other by their family relationship. The addition of the title “brother” or “Sister” to one’s name brought about the image of a monastery or an Abbey in my mind. --Megan Mc. |
== Eliza Pinckney, 1750s, To Improve in Every Virtue == | == Eliza Pinckney, 1750s, To Improve in Every Virtue == | ||
