Childbearing And Raising Children

VII. Childbearing and Raising Children An important concept of Woman and work before the factory was the idea of bearing children in a harsh environment. Since children grew up women were pregnant “every 20-30 from marriage to menopause” produce more workers Cross and Szostak 48). Some births were the product of true love but others were only for the necessity of a greater population in the colony due to the scarcity of women. This task was far beyond cooking and sewing, those who were unmarried were all married at once and were pregnant even if they weren’t planned to be. There were not much protection that caused numerous births to prevent unwanted kids. Childbearing is giving birth which was overall an important part, because during their confinement women longed for their husbands intimacy and company.”confinements could be the only times where woman strongly felt the power of their own bodies and the power of womanhood in general, when they felt connected with other woman:but can endanger families in which …show more content…
Woman were typically the underdogs of the colonies they were “housewifes” and their work is not seen as “difficult” so when they gave birth they wanted comfort and hope that everything would be okay.Childbirth was communal in the colonies involving most of the women in the community since most got got pregnant around the same time and gave birth respectively. In addition to childbearing the women would raise the children. The children were immediately put to work once they reached they could to maximize work on the land. It sounds harsh since Cross and Szostak explained how from the age of three children were strictly trained, harshly beaten, and learned by doing and watching. The colonial life has shaped how children grew up and how they didn’t get much of a