Please share your ideas/questions/comments on the essay. Please answer these questions on how you feel about this article. Breaking Wills in Colonial America.

Do you feel sorry for the little boys and girls of the 17th and 18th centuries?
Why were parents so intent on denying their kids any fun?
Why were kids denied any spontaneity or expressions of their own character?
Do you recognize their own parents in these stern masters of the colonial period?