What Did Teenagers Do for Fun 500 Years Ago?

Nowadays, teenagers and even adults get bored without their smartphone after just 10-15 minutes and I am no exception. Have you ever wondered what life must have been like for teenagers 500 years ago when they had never even heard of smartphones? How did they keep themselves entertained? What did they do all day? 

Well, firstly, 500 years ago, everyone woke up early and slept early. People woke up at sunrise and made use of sunlight for however long they could. Similarly, teenagers also woke up early. 

Like today, they also went to schools however their schools were quite different and much unlike ours. 

Instead of being busy on their phones for the whole day, teenagers actually met others from the same village and had fun together. They played and had fun. Games like gilli danda, hide and seek and others were their min source of fun. Also, when they sat down to study, they took a considerably longer time owing to the fact that they did not have resources like Google and chat gpt to help the solve any problem quickly and easily. Thus, it contributed to the passing of time. 

The house chores were also more than those existing today and they helped their mothers to do those. They did small chores like milk the cow, help clean the house etc. Girls mostly helped cook while boys learned more about what their father did for a living so that they could take over later.

Thus, we might say that the teenagers who lived 500 years ago were way more productive than the teenagers of today however, they had less resources an less freedom.