- 1324
- under some ideal conditions, a boy of 14 could be a married man (having a wealthy father, being the owner of newly cultivated land — though that was more like 25 to 50 years earlier — being the shepherd or goatherd of the village)
- 2024
- a boy of 14 is very unhappy in school, and he sees no way out of it other than commit a shooting.
I would say, things have deteriorated since the Middle Ages./HGL
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