150 years ago is a long time. Things change. I've read these comments. Why are children in 2019 judged for not knowing how to do some of the things their great-great grandparents had to do? I'm a grandmother now myself but recall my parents, both children of farmers, worked hard all their lives. Both wanted their children to have lives better than theirs were. My father taught us to hunt & fish & forage before we were five. Mother taught us to cook, sew, clean and put up vegetables from the garden. But they wanted us to get a good education so we wouldn't have to work as hard as they did. My mother always said we should be able to play, enjoy childhood while we could, as we'd spend the rest of our adult lives working. From age six my mother worked her fingers to the bone, helping raise her nine younger siblings, helping work indoors and out. Never had the chance to go to school ( past 5th grade) in the 1930's. At age 95 she still regrets that she didn't finish school.
The values they taught my siblings and myself were to treat others the way we'd like to be treated. And to judge not, lest ye be judged. The world's changed a lot. Judging todays' children by standards of 150 yrs. ago isn't really helping anyone.
150 years ago is a long time. Things change. I've read these comments. Why are children in 2019 judged for not knowing how to do some of the things their great-great grandparents had to do? I'm a grandmother now myself but recall my parents, both children of farmers, worked hard all their lives. Both wanted their children to have lives better than theirs were. My father taught us to hunt & fish & forage before we were five. Mother taught us to cook, sew, clean and put up vegetables from the garden. But they wanted us to get a good education so we wouldn't have to work as hard as they did. My mother always said we should be able to play, enjoy childhood while we could, as we'd spend the rest of our adult lives working. From age six my mother worked her fingers to the bone, helping raise her nine younger siblings, helping work indoors and out. Never had the chance to go to school ( past 5th grade) in the 1930's. At age 95 she still regrets that she didn't finish school.
The values they taught my siblings and myself were to treat others the way we'd like to be treated. And to judge not, lest ye be judged. The world's changed a lot. Judging todays' children by standards of 150 yrs. ago isn't really helping anyone.