My kids woke up early this morning to a tree full of presents, and are all pleasantly engaged in some new toy or other, so I have a little time to play with my new toys. My children got me a 4x6 photo album to showcase my little books, and a metal ruler, box cutter, and blades to help cut them (I'd been borrowing my husband's tools).
Once I finished with that, I continued a little personal project I've been working on. The Passionate Child was reprinted and updated a few times during the 19th century. It's about a little girl who can't control herself very well. She kicked and hit her nurse in two separate incidents, and as punishment, her mother tied her hands and feet together, respectively, and left her alone in a room to contemplate her actions. Today, that would be considered child abuse. I wonder how many mothers of the day used this story as a threat rather than actually carry through with it. Interesting that her mother didn't lose her temper, but rather explained the punishment as a logical consequence (my words) of the girl's actions, something many modern moms would be familiar with.
I would love to share with you the book that I made, but as I don't own it, and haven't resolved to my satisfaction if "sweat of the brow" work counts toward legally reproducing out-of-copyright pieces from the digital copies someone else owns and has disseminated online, instead I will just include the link to a copy of this book:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7214580M/The_passionate_child.
Enjoy!
Once I finished with that, I continued a little personal project I've been working on. The Passionate Child was reprinted and updated a few times during the 19th century. It's about a little girl who can't control herself very well. She kicked and hit her nurse in two separate incidents, and as punishment, her mother tied her hands and feet together, respectively, and left her alone in a room to contemplate her actions. Today, that would be considered child abuse. I wonder how many mothers of the day used this story as a threat rather than actually carry through with it. Interesting that her mother didn't lose her temper, but rather explained the punishment as a logical consequence (my words) of the girl's actions, something many modern moms would be familiar with.
I would love to share with you the book that I made, but as I don't own it, and haven't resolved to my satisfaction if "sweat of the brow" work counts toward legally reproducing out-of-copyright pieces from the digital copies someone else owns and has disseminated online, instead I will just include the link to a copy of this book:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7214580M/The_passionate_child.
Enjoy!