Throughout European history the views on children varied depending on the time and environment , in the early 1500’s when the plague was still at large children were treated older because they may not live much longer. In the 1600’s during the scientific revolution and enlightenment, children were treated fairly and were able to live like children due to rationalism and higher quality of living. Social, religious, and cultural developments affected childrearing through punishment their children, loyalty to their parents/God, and properly caring for them. More so in the earlier times of this period punishment was very popular, parents believed that punishing their children would help them grow and make them better later in life. The purpose of document one is to guide Russian parents on how to raise their children, it is there to help the parents rationalize their choices and tell the positives on punishment. (Purpose) Document one …show more content…
The purpose of document two is to tell how even though the father may not had seen his son very often he still made sure he was in good hands and was cared for. (Purpose) This document proves caring for a child because the father didn’t just leave his son with some random person, he made sure he would be cared for, and when he can, he visits him. (Document 3) The purpose of document five is to tell about how the author grew up, she was raised without violence and harm. (Purpose) Document five tells how instead of using threats and lashes, reasoning and other options were given. (Document 5) The purpose of document seven is to tell how punishing, and making your child suffer risks their health and their lives. The abuse later causes the child to have problems. (Purpose) Document seven talks about how making children miserable they will have problems and struggle with other things later in