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The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580-1720
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Thank you for this interesting post. As you say, examples such as those you cite are life-affirming and encouraging. But I suppose the flip side of the question is whether we have made any progress in our treatment of children over the centuries. Of course children in the modern developed world are much better fed, clothed, housed, educated etc than they were in the Early Modern period. But if children were loved as much then as they are now, is there any reason to believe we are kinder towards them than we were in the seventeenth century? Are we more attentive to and understanding of their needs? Has there been any reduction in neglect and mistreatment? Or, to put it another way, will there ever be a time when we do not need the NSPCC?