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minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·9 months agoKids stood around and stared at their feet before swings were invented, I imagine.
minus-squareSpaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 months agoI think hoops and sticks were big for a while
minus-squarewavebeam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months ago“we’re children! we’re children! we’re children!”
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months ago“Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we purposely trained him wrong… as a joke.”
minus-square31337@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI think many worked. On the farm, in mines, in factories. Farmers would intentionally have many children just for extra labor. School hours and breaks are, in part, the way they are to let children work on the farm.
Kids stood around and stared at their feet before swings were invented, I imagine.
I think hoops and sticks were big for a while
“we’re children! we’re children! we’re children!”
“Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we purposely trained him wrong… as a joke.”
I think many worked. On the farm, in mines, in factories. Farmers would intentionally have many children just for extra labor. School hours and breaks are, in part, the way they are to let children work on the farm.