PEDIATRICS Vol. 43 No. 2 February 1969, pp. 182
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A COMPLAINT ABOUT MEDIEVAL CHILDREN

T. E. C. Jr. M.D.

The complaints noted below by Fra Bartholomew Anglicus, an English Franciscan of the thirteenth century, about the children of his time might well be written today.

Some children . . . lead their lives without thought and care. And set their courages only of mirth and liking, and dread no perils more than beating with a rod. .. . When they be praised, or shamed, or blamed, they set little thereby. . . Since all children be tatched [sic] with evil manners, and think only on things that be, and reck [sic] not of things that shall be, they love plays, games, and vanity. . . . And things most worthy they repute least worthy, and least worthy most worthy. .. . And the goodness that is done for them, they let it pass out of mind. They desire all things they see. . . - They love talking and counsel of such children as they be, and void company of old men. They keep no counsel, but they tell all that they hear or see.