> In older times being a child often meant forced labor and exposure to brutal or shocking parts of life before you were ready. That was also mostly an aberrat

> In older times being a child often meant forced labor and exposure to brutal or shocking parts of life before you were ready. That was also mostly an aberration (for non-slaves) and mostly during the industrial revolution. Peaceful childhoods certainly existed before then if you look at tribal societies and the way they gradually give kids more and more real responsibility.