The Tendency to Romanticize the Idea of Family Has Included

question 61

Multiple Choice

The tendency to romanticize the idea of family has included ideas about children and childhood. What would historical research lead us to predict about the lives of children in premodern United States or Europe?

• A) They worked at an early age or left the family at an early age to do domestic work for others.
• B) They were treasured and treated as angels or cherubs.
• C) The vast majority of them experienced a great deal of permanence and stability.
• D) Most of them lived in fairly large households with extended family.

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