My father was usually there- but living in his own, closed off little world.
That's right about the early 1900s. You read children's books of that period and the parents (if they exist at all) are well in the background and the kids (there are often lots of them) sort of bring one another up.
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Date: 2004-11-13 11:13 pm (UTC)That's right about the early 1900s. You read children's books of that period and the parents (if they exist at all) are well in the background and the kids (there are often lots of them) sort of bring one another up.