A Day in the Life of a 10-year-old in Victorian Britain Watch more videos Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901 and life for children was very different from today. Many children from poor ...

Poor children often had to go to work to earn money ... If you were born into the Middle or Upper classes in the Victorian era, you would usually have been brought up by nurses and governesses.

Doctors are calling for a ban on the “Victorian-era punishment” of smacking children over concerns that it causes significant ...