Child Custody
As an addendum to yesterday's post, I am just going to say that under the English common law, a husband had an absolute right to custody of all children born into his marriage. This did not change until 1839 when…
Injury proofing the child
This post from The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century as well as my own recent experience watching my two youngest cousins got me thinking about the things we do to protect children from the world and…
Why is Jane Miss Bennet?
Because she is the most eldest, and therefore most important of the unmarried Bennet daughters. Speaking as an eldest child, I see the logic in this reasoning. As Miss Manners explains, the traditional rule was that if you addressed John…