@Rolando to Everett True [email protected] • 17 hours agoEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)imagemessage-square17arrow-up1123arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1imageEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)@Rolando to Everett True [email protected] • 17 hours agomessage-square17file-text
Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original. Found on the Library of Congress site.
minus-square@Selenilink16•8 hours agoKids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 hours agoWhere is the follow up comic of Everett slapping the parents around?
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish0•6 hours agoBut isn’t beating someone up also a violation of their rights?
minus-square@Selenilink3•3 hours agoKids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.
Kids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.
Where is the follow up comic of Everett slapping the parents around?
But isn’t beating someone up also a violation of their rights?
Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.