Children+in+Medieval+Times

By Memphis, Shane, Sam
=It was very hard to be young back in the middle ages because most families were in poverty and didn’t have enough money to buy food for their children. There were not many toys in the middle ages, but the few they had included: hoops, balls, dolls and tops. Parents did not care for their children as much as they do now. They let children drink. If they were really poor their children might not even get a name. They did not get good clothes or shoes and if your child had a defect they were announced to be a devil child. = = = =Higher class children were a different story altogether. Higher class children actually could afford things they needed like food. Some of the food they got included: peacock, fowl, steamed vegetables, stew and all sorts of other delicacies. They got extremely fancy clothes and robes. They were much more like the children in the nineteenth century. They got more than everyone below their class. They lived cleaner and healthier lives. They did not get as many diseases because they had more of the things they needed to keep them alive. =