Essay On Spartan Life

The way young Spartans were raised gave today’s Western Civilization many key elements that define and affect its way of life. Some of these things are going to school and retirement. How children were treated and raised in Sparta directly affected who they became later in their lives. Boys and girls would go to school and learn teachings which they would use their whole lives. Thanks discipline and vital life lessons, Spartan children carried on the Spartan tradition of being a great military power in the ancient world. Trying to make children the best they could be and act how the adults wanted them to act can still be seen in Western Civilizations. The young Spartan’s life was hard and sometimes was ended before it even started. When …show more content…
As a test to the babies’ constitutions, he/she was bathed in wine instead of water, to see its reaction. When the baby got home if it was a boy it had to go through another check, Spartan soldiers would come to the house of the baby and check it for the strength needed to be a future Spartan soldier. When the soldiers left the home of the child, a mother wouldn’t treat her baby boy/girl any better, intentionally not responding to their babies crying and would often tell their children not to fear “darkness or solitude.” This way of parenting is called “tough love” and this would teach the child to be tough starting when the child was just a baby. This can be seen today, though not as harsh as ancient Sparta, all over the world parents will attempt to use this strategy of “tough love” to make a child tougher so he/she will be a better adult when they are grown. All of this happened to a child before it was considered a toddler, this is believed to be the starting point of all the strong willed and tough citizens of Sparta who gave them this reputation. Also to this day mothers in Sparta are known as some of the best nannies and parents