Pre-teens were cabin boys, and toted powder changes and cannon shot on warships in the 18th and 19th century. Pitcairn Island is named after the 15 year old lookout who first sighted the island. We used to have more respect for our children.
“Pre-teens were cabin boys, and toted powder changes and cannon shot on warships in the 18th and 19th century. Pitcairn Island is named after the 15 year old lookout who first sighted the island. We used to have more respect for our children.”
Lots of things happened in the 18th and 19th century that I don’t think are worthy of our respect.
They hung kids for stealing back then, too, for example.
Just because it happened in the 18th and 19th century doesn’t mean that it is necessarily a good thing.
“We used to have more respect for our children.”
And you consider using kids as soldiers as “respect????”