JB/087/074/001

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What becomes of the children It may be
asked "what becomes of the childen all this while in these cases ? " —
What becomes of them in the ordinary case of a
second marriage? The sons go naturally to the
father; the daughters, to the mother. The children
have an advantage in the former case which
they have not in the latter. The parents are The children have
both living to protect their offspring against both parents to protect them from ill usage and to
ill usage and to watch over their welfare. forward them in life.
The convenience of education is not the only reason
why the child should go the the parent of its
own sex. [For many reasons children have
less to apprehend from stepfathers than from
stepmothers:] On this plan the sex [then] which is least able
to endure injuries is less least exposed to them: for
in general children have seldom so much reason less
reason to complain of step-fathers than of step
-mothers. women from the infirmity of their
situation station and the nature of their minds being the most
subject to jealousies and little spites: and the interests
of parties are not so apt to clash when the parties
are of different sexes as with when they are of
the same.

Identifier: | JB/087/074/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	074	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f25 / f26 / f27 / f28
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27599
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