Edgeworth cited in ‘the nineteenth- century child and consumer culture’ believes that
‘ two of the greatest dangers to the middle class family are also two of its defining features: manufactured toys and live in servants’ A live in servant was very common throughout the 19th century because as Sir Osbert Sitwell once observed ‘Parents were aware that the child would be an nuisance’ The child would be raised by the nanny with set morals and values from the parents but with a very different existence to their parents as they would be ‘seen and not heard’ The servants would ensure constant care but this may involve them having sadistic traits although some would be loving and provide that warm and
‘ two of the greatest dangers to the middle class family are also two of its defining features: manufactured toys and live in servants’ A live in servant was very common throughout the 19th century because as Sir Osbert Sitwell once observed ‘Parents were aware that the child would be an nuisance’ The child would be raised by the nanny with set morals and values from the parents but with a very different existence to their parents as they would be ‘seen and not heard’ The servants would ensure constant care but this may involve them having sadistic traits although some would be loving and provide that warm and