Concerning Parent-Child Relationships in the Middle Ages

question 22

Multiple Choice

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

• A)parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young.
• B)parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring.
• C)children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors.
• D)children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly.
• E)because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment.

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