"Childhood" is a fairly modern invention. >herding goats and picking olives at 5 years old - there was no time for an idyllic childhood I bet you could charge

"Childhood" is a fairly modern invention. >herding goats and picking olives at 5 years old - there was no time for an idyllic childhood I bet you could charge wealthy people $50,000 tuition to have their 5 year olds herd goats and pick olives if you had a good marketing team. You could lean heavily on calling it an idyllic childhood experience, make sure to overuse the word "rustic".