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The significance of raising a child and the process of weening was particularly important to these families. Women were raising their sons to be good citizens. The idea of self-control was a key part of this process. "All children, for example, had to learn basic physical, motor, and social skills- how to sit up, crawl, walk, talk, master their bowel and bladder functions, and how, what and when to eat- usually before their second birthday." page 109. This concept amazes me. Most children today are not potty trained before they are 2 let alone, know how, what and when to eat. -- Kellye Sorber | The significance of raising a child and the process of weening was particularly important to these families. Women were raising their sons to be good citizens. The idea of self-control was a key part of this process. "All children, for example, had to learn basic physical, motor, and social skills- how to sit up, crawl, walk, talk, master their bowel and bladder functions, and how, what and when to eat- usually before their second birthday." page 109. This concept amazes me. Most children today are not potty trained before they are 2 let alone, know how, what and when to eat. -- Kellye Sorber | ||
| − | The amount of time, energy and thought put into deciding on which school your children (daughters) would attend astounds me. Not for that reason, specifically, because we put a lot of time and thought into where we go today, but how much the status of the school mattered to the parents. Like the instance with Kate and how her mother wanted her to go to school in Richmond because it was the "social hub" of the state whereas her father chose the school in | + | The amount of time, energy and thought put into deciding on which school your children (daughters) would attend astounds me. Not for that reason, specifically, because we put a lot of time and thought into where we go today, but how much the status of the school mattered to the parents. Like the instance with Kate and how her mother wanted her to go to school in Richmond because it was the "social hub" of the state whereas her father chose the school in Fauquier because it was "of the highest grade." The more privileged your daughter, the better a suitor they will find, I suppose. I see some similarities in how important the status of a school is to families today when it comes to college, but there seems to be just a completely different motive behind the selection process back then. -Kelly W. |
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| + | Racial hierarchy was obviously a huge issue in raising children. Parents would teach their children that they were superior to their slaves and that they should not become friends with them. Children respecting their slaves could disrupt the social hierarchy idea when the child became an adult. Although it seems barbaric to us, these parents raised their children like they had been raised. In order to keep the order in that southern society, unfortunately, children had to be taught that they were superior to their black slaves. -- Kari W. | ||
== Divorce == | == Divorce == | ||
