• @ikidd
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    301 year ago

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

      • @wavebeam
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        71 year ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year 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.