Life Of Children During The Victorian Era

Imagine going to school knowing that if you were behind on something, you would be punished. Imagine only being able to see your parents in the morning and at night, and being stuck with a nanny, who would sometimes be strict and yell or beat you. Imagine being stuck in a room all day after school, and not being able to leave. This was the life of a child of the estate during the Victorian Era. Although the child’s family may have been rich, that doesn’t mean that the child would live a happy life, free of troubles and worries. Some aspects of a child’s life were happy and not worrisome, including their variety of food choice and expensive clothing. However, children during the Victorian Era usually had very sad and depressing lives because of the fact that their parents were not there for them, …show more content…
These toys included musical boxes, toy soldiers, and educational board games. They also had optical toys, which were fun because they gave the illusion of moving pictures (Wilson 28). However, these toys were not allowed on Sundays, with an exception to the Noah’s Ark today, as it was in the Bible (Victorian Britain Index). Along with toys, another form of entertainment for wealthy Victorian children was learning poems and songs, and reading children’s books. For example, children had to learn a lot of poems and songs by heart, which were usually patriotic and exciting (Wilson 34). As for children’s books, they were usually about stories in which the theme taught the readers about the terrible things that would happen if they misbehaved, such as a book called Strawwlpeter. On the other hand, less severe books were also popular–books about fairy tales and different adventures of fictional characters (Wilson 29). This was one of the only aspects of a Victorian child’s life that was fun and