A prosperous family might have a governess but my guess is that nanny or mother would teach a child to read, count and tie his own shoe laces.
Re the servants by the way: always worth remembering the sheer volume of work a middle class house in 1910 needed. Cooking was still on closed ranges, washing was still done with a copper and mangle. American households outsourced things like clothes washing with a woman who came in once a week, but British ones didn't. So the comment about nice house v four children is probably accurate as they can afford the servants or a nice house, but not both. Also, by this time there would be *girls* school fees to save for also.
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Date: 2013-12-29 06:46 pm (UTC)Re the servants by the way: always worth remembering the sheer volume of work a middle class house in 1910 needed. Cooking was still on closed ranges, washing was still done with a copper and mangle. American households outsourced things like clothes washing with a woman who came in once a week, but British ones didn't. So the comment about nice house v four children is probably accurate as they can afford the servants or a nice house, but not both. Also, by this time there would be *girls* school fees to save for also.