How Did Most Children Grow Up In Medieval Times?

             Children in medieval times grew up in many different ways. Young children spent their days playing with toys, making up games, and having fun. You know like normal little children. Around the age of seven, most children started to have lessons to learn and chores to do. By the age of twelve or fourteen, children were considered young adults and were expected by society to work. Ouch. Talk about giving up your teen years. Children of richer families had more lenience when it came to the idea of working and earning wages. Young girls were told they had to marry and become a wife to follow their tradition. When girls were 13 they usually started to look for a husband.

Education was scarce for girls and most of the time they were taught by private female tutors.  Many boys from wealthy families went to school, even if it was only for a year or two. Noble children had tutors in the castle or in their manor homes.  Children of lesser nobles attended school and were taught by a teacher. Children learned the basics of reading, writing, math, and Latin. Most teachers were male but a few happened to be female.