The children during the Revolutionary war stayed with there parents. They stayed in houses unlike ours, that had very little light or electricity. These houses also have very little privacy with just ta little wall separating the bathroom to the rest of the house. Also the state of most of there houses were very poor sometimes even falling apart.
Children Of The Revolutionary War
This article answers questions about the Revolutionary war and its children
Where did the children stay during the war
The state of the house would typically depend in the wealth of the family. Even if you had a big family your house size would not be able to change unless you were wealthy enough. Also a lot of the houses were unfurnished leaving not only the parent but also there children sleeping on the cold hard rocky ground.
This is what a typical house looked like during the revolutionary war.
This is what a wealthier persons house would typically look like.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/daily_life_during_the_revolutionary_war.php
What was the children's entertainment
Like we do today were we own electronic toys the kids back then obviously did not. There toys consisted dolls made out of corn on the cob, or really any scraps of anything they could find they would find a way to entertain themselves with it.
They also had handmade toys. Kinda like what we have today. They the whirligig, blocks, dolls, and string. The whirling was essentially a string with a flat wood pieces that had a hole in the middle the string would go though the hole and you would spin the string all up and then slowly pull apart and it would give the toy a cool effect.
This is a picture the the whirligig.
This is a corn doll that the kids would make and play with.
http://www.pencaderheritage.org/main/teachtool/games.pdf
What type of work did the children have to do
Most kids were put into work right when they were able to walk.Children then weren't really seen as children are today. Children then were thought more as workers than kids. Girls would work with there mothers and sons with fathers.
Girls did things like bake, clean, do laundry, and keep up with the households along side of there mothers. Sons would work along side of there fathers doing things like farming, getting lumber, or welding with their dad.
This picture shows children working.
This is a picture of kids doing work for their guardian.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/daily_life_during_the_revolutionary_war.php
What did the kids during the revolutionary war eat.
They ate very plentiful meals most of the time. They ate things like baked goods, meat, vegetables and also anything that they found canned. They had very large breakfast so they could work long days without needing food breaks.