Victorian Upper & Middle-Class Families
F
amilies were very important to Victorians. They
were usually large, with an average family
1) (HAVE) at least five or six children.
The father, who perhaps worked in banking or
insurance, was the head of the household. The
children would speak politely to him, and call him
"Sir". The mother was responsible for 2) (RUN)
the household and would usually spend her time
planning dinner parties or visiting her dressmaker or
friends. Children saw very little of 3) (THEY)
parents and spent most of the day in the nursery with
a nanny' as Victorians firmly believed that a child
should 4). SEE) and not heard'!
Upper and middle-class families lived in large,
comfortable houses and had servants such as a cook
and kitchen maids to prepare the family meals, a
butler to answer the door and wait on the family, and
housemaids to carry out household chores such as
washing clothes, cooking and cleaning.
For entertainment, families visited new parks and
museums, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum
a woman paid by parents to look after children