Voices In Time Youth 1918 | Worcester, MA Elizabeth Bishop Joins the Club I said to myself: three days and you’ll be seven years old.More
Voices In Time Youth c. 625 BC | Sparta Trials of Strength If the child was weakly and deformed, they ordered it to be thrown into a deep cavern.More
Voices In Time Youth c. 885 | Kyūshū Count Your Blessings A medieval guilt trip encourages children to be grateful for their suppers.More
Voices In Time Youth c. 1550 | Shanyin Sweet and Cold What a shame that I have carried a boy, as he ate some candy, to his death.More
Voices In Time Youth 1817 | London Occupational Hazard For chimneysweeps, it’s a hard-knock life. More
Voices In Time Youth 1837 | London Poor Stupid Me Young Victoria is all aflutter on the day she learns she is queen.More
Voices In Time Youth 1487 | Germany Going to the Devil A witch who was burned confessed that she had killed more than forty children.More
Voices In Time Youth 1746 | Bath Life Lessons I know how unwelcome advice generally is; I know that those who want it most like it and follow it least.More
Voices In Time Youth 1845 | Germany Just Deserts The great tall tailor always comes to little boys that suck their thumbs.More
Voices In Time Youth c. 1640 | Oxford Like Father, Like Son We are plagued and punished for our fathers’ defaults.More
Voices In Time Youth 1861 | Mississippi River Milk & Rosy Laughter Anthony Trollope is astonished by spoiled American babies.More