Child-rearing practices in the 1500s and 1600s were very different from modern times. During the 1500s and 1600s, children were raised in a variety of ways due to conditions such as mortality rates. At that time, life expectancy was shorter, due to diseases caused by rodent hygiene and waste disposal systems, which gave parents a specific reason to make their children grow faster than they could. habit. The goal of most parents when raising their children during this era was to grow their young adolescents into mature adults, with the help of harsh punishments and religion, to get their children to decipher right from wrong . Children were punished in the 1500s and 1600s for growing up. they would therefore behave more like adults at a younger age. In The Domostroi, a Russian manual on household management, he explains a teaching that parents should follow when raising their children. He exclaims that: “A man who loves his son will whip him often so that when he grows up he will be a joy to him. » This shares with us the fact that when a man beats his own, the child becomes enlightened and educated and that with every unacceptable action comes discipline; thus, with painful whippings, children learn to behave like adults through punishment. When these children grow up and behave like adults, their parents then appreciate them because they are able to behave in a respectable manner. In this excerpt from the Domostroi it is stated that once a child has been sufficiently whipped and understands what is acceptable and what is not, a parent will then be honored by their child's actions (Document 3 : The Domostroi, Moscow 1550s). ). Another [parental] example of punishment that guides children is that of King Henry IV. King Henr...... middle of paper ......e and think about his decisions. Blundell achieved exactly what he hoped for, appreciation and a lesson learned by Blundell's chosen form of punishment. Blundell being a Catholic gentleman, he decided that asking his dearest daughter to confess her ungodly sins to her father would help her realize her wrongdoings and correct them so that she would grow up and become a respectable adult (Document 10: William Blundell, “An Exercise for Children to Encourage Talking (Lancashire, England, 1663). With punishment and religion, these parents' children raised their own to become adults earlier than normal. Not only whipping, but discipline in general, helped children become aware of any actions that would not be considered acceptable. Religion also helped achieve this goal that parents were trying to achieve in the 1500s and 1600..