During the Victorian era in England, many children lived in poverty and had to work from a very young age to support their families. They worked long hours in dangerous conditions without proper safety equipment or healthcare. Child labor was common in factories and industries, where children as young as 5 or 6 worked alongside adults. Only wealthy families could afford to send their children to school, so most poor children received no education. Conditions for poor and working children were often unsanitary and unhealthy, with long work days and little access to necessities like adequate food and housing.

1. CHILDREN IN THE VICTORIAN AGE

2. CHILDREN AT WORK -Children had an unhappy childhood. -They worked hard to satisfy the needs of their parents because families were very poor and they didn't have enough money, so children worked. -They underwent very difficult conditions of employment. -Days were long for them : eight or twelve hours a day, six days a week.

6. In this picture we can see a dark , a poor street. People lived in very dangerous conditions.

9. CHILDREN ILLNESS -In 1830, children could be ill with cholera when they drank water. Streets in London were dirty. -Conditions of life were very difficult. Children lived in the street and the industrial revolution caused pollution. Many children were very ill.

10. RICH CHILDREN

11. RICH FAMILIES IN HYDE PARK Parents of rich children often were bankers, merchants, industrials or civil servants. They lived in beautiful suburbs, sometimes in private hotels. The upper class organized parties and could go to festivals whereas the poor worked.

14. Boys were in famous schools like Eton (in London) where education was very strict.

16. They learned to become good wives and good mothers.