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Families were very important to Victorians. They were usually large, with a(an)

family having at least five or six children. The father, who perhaps worked in banking or insurance, was the

of the household. The children would speak politely with him, and call him ‘Sir’. The mother was responsible for

the household and would usually spend her time planning dinner parties or

a visit to her dressmaker or friends. Children saw very little of their parents and spent most of the day in the nursery with a nanny as Victorians firmly believed that a child should be ‘seen and not heard’.

Upper and middle class families lived in large, comfortable houses and had

such as a cook and kitchen maids to prepare family meals, a butler to answer the door and wait on the family, and housemaids to carry out household chores such as washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning.

For entertainment families visited new parks, museums, such as Victoria and Albert Museum.