• @ikidd
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    3010 months ago

    Kids stood around and stared at their feet before swings were invented, I imagine.

      • @wavebeam
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        710 months ago

        “we’re children! we’re children! we’re children!”

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      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.