Children

** What Did Children of the Renaissance Wear? ** During this time period girls wore many layers of clothing. The first layer was a thing undergarment that resembled a nightdress. Stockings were worn because it was inappropriate to show that much skin. A leather corset, petticoats which gave the effect of a full dress, a bodice, and a gown over gown completed the whole look. Girls and women would always cover their hair with some type of scarf or headband. The boys usually tried to dress to resemble their father. They would wear shirts and a fitted jacked called a "doublet" which is similar to what we now call a polo. They wore tights similar to the women (YUCK), which were tied by lace. Girls and boys would wear cloaks when it was cold.

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==== ** Lives of the children (Work) The traditional children did not generally have a close relationship with their parents, it was usually very formal. Only in rare cases did both the mother and child make it through the birthing process. The mother generally wanted to have many of kids so their family name is more likely to live on and can enhance their dowry. If i child belonged to a lower-middle class family they began work as soon as possible. Their work could have been anything from farm and working in the kitchens to learning the trade of their father's own work. Noble sons were trained to fight and become warriors. Girls on the other hand focused on finding a husband to make a profitable marriage. ** **Children at School** ==== Usually, only n children from a noble family received any education. Education during the Renaissance became increasingly more important and popular. Noble children often attended four to six hours of school per day and went to work or to a university at age fifteen. Usually, education started around age seven, though often younger. Upper-class girls might be sent to convents for education until either her family found her a husband or she became a nun. http://cdn.dailypainters.com/1258574160/images/scale/scaleimg/475/495/N/0/_2F_images_2F_origs_2F_575_2F_renaissance_child_final__paintings_of_children__little_girls_in_bonnets__renaissance_fair.jpg

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