Adelphi University: 'Kids Those Days' - Collection Co-Edited by English Professor Explores How Children in the Middle Ages Had - Or Didn't Have - Control Over Their Lives
March 11, 2022
March 11, 2022
GARDEN CITY, New York, March 11 (TNSBook) -- Adelphi University issued the following news:
Imagine being able to send your sullen, obnoxious tween to live with another family. Their foster family not only puts up with them, they educate and train them. Your child is returned to you as a young adult, mature, skilled and ready to take on the family duties.
This practice was not uncommon in the Middle Ages in Europe, said Lahney Preston-Matto, PhD, professor in the Departm . . .
Imagine being able to send your sullen, obnoxious tween to live with another family. Their foster family not only puts up with them, they educate and train them. Your child is returned to you as a young adult, mature, skilled and ready to take on the family duties.
This practice was not uncommon in the Middle Ages in Europe, said Lahney Preston-Matto, PhD, professor in the Departm . . .