“Little People” discusses the evolution of not only what it means to be a child, but also the evolution of family life in general. The article gives examples of how a so called “childhood” differs from different generations. Starting in the middle ages, the article discusses how a childhood was seen as working on a farm, to eventually being married off before one turns a teenager. Kids would be sent off from their homes for years at a time to work for someone else only to return home for a little before being married and moving out once again. Then their is a jump in the way children were treated during the 18th century. During this time a large amount of illegitimate babies, and at times these babies would be either killed or abandoned by the woman who gave birth to them. This dramatic shift continues during the late 19th century and 20th century as children were used more as workers in factories to help support their families. Today children are not expected to serve as workers for their families, but are still controlled in a way by their families as they are forced to go off to school to get an education. Even though the lifestyle of children has changed over the centuries, their freedom has not. They’re  fates are tied to that of their parents and it has been the same since the beginning of this whole “childhood” society. 

Not only has the evolution of childhood changed, but so has divorce. Their was a time back was divorce was not even seen as an option to men or women. Then when it became an option it was only granted under extremely drastic measures. Nowadays, divorce is a part of our society, people now don’t even get shocked when they hear that someone is divorced or getting a divorce because it has become something we have accepted into our culture. 

Childhood and divorce will continue to evolve over time and in centuries from now they will look back at how children’s lives were during our time and how divorce was as well.