Children life in Victorian times

The Victorian era of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victoria's reign (June 1837 - January 1901). The reign was a long period of prosperity for the British people, as profits gained from the overseas British Empire, the industrial improvements at home,that led to an educated middle class to develop.  The Victorian era became very important for the employment of children, they started to work very early in factories and mines. The poor children were expected to help towards the family budget, often working long hours in dangerous jobs for low wages. The skillful boys were employed by the chimney sweeps; small children were employed to scramble under machinery to retrieve cotton bobbins; and children were also employed to work in coal mines, crawling through tunnels too narrow and low for adults. Children also worked in other works such as services and some children worked as apprentices to respectable trades, such as building, or as domestic servants .So working hours were very long and so hard for the children.