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    12 hours ago

    Kids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.

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        Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.