In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, acts of child maltreatment were ____.
A) illegal and punishable by severe fines
B) very uncommon but largely overlooked
C) practiced primarily among lower socioeconomic classes
D) considered to be a parent's right for educating or disciplining a child

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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, acts of child maltreatment were considered to be a parent's right for educating or disciplining a child. It was not until later centuries that laws were put in place to protect children from abuse and neglect.

In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Acts of Child Maltreatment