[MR] About that "They die Young" myth

[Dominica Harlan]

IIRC such things as children running under carriage
wheels are why there were leash laws for them in
several places in America, at least, during the 19th
and early 20th centuries.

But as for being looked after at home, children are
pretty much going to go right for self-destruction
anywhere, anytime. It seems to be some kind of chip or
something.
Kilmeny,
unfortunately very experienced child care provider

--- "Claire V. Basney" <basnc at anduin.dwarfrune.com>
wrote:
> That is just what I was going to say.  Children did
> lots of lovely things,
> like toddle out into streets and get eaten by pigs,
> or fall into basins of
> soup or soap, or even drown in sewage troughs.  I
> believe these examples
> are actually from the aforementioned book.  
> 
> Just like today: children looked after at home have
> varying degrees of
> "quality care."  
> 
> For my two cents worth...
> Lady Eleanor 
> AKA Claire Basney
> 
> ************************
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Robert Busek wrote:
> 
> > Accidents involving children were also a problem. 
> Check out Barbara Hanawalt's *The Ties That Bound*,
> which uses coroner's rolls to get an idea of the
> dynamics of medieval life in 14th-15th century
> England.  A good source, if you keep in mind that
> the unique source material.


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"...and they lived happily ever after.
But the *point*, gentlemen, is that they LIVED."
Ever After

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