In these transitional years of your son's life, it is difficult to navigate strictness as a parent. On one hand, you want to keep your son in line, being an example of how to be a serious Roman citizen so that he too someday can be taken seriously. But on the other hand, you want to form a relationship with your child, and bonds are often built through humor and playfulness. So where do we draw the line? This makes me think of the well known play Adelphi by Terence. As fellow

When your Roman son has reached the age of eight, he has officially left infancy, and he is old enough to take responsibility for his actions and begin his education outside the home. When Felix was six years old, we obtained a paedagogus named Alexander. He was a well-educated slave who lived at our home to help give Felix a head start on his structured education before transitioning into a school setting. When Felix turned eight, we sent him to a ludus litterarius , a smal