A Christmas Carol

Why do the children belong to Man>

In A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present says "They are Man's". What is the exact reason for the children belonging to Man?

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The children belong to mankind. Dickens is implying that society has the responsibility to take care of all children and, in Victorian England, they are failing miserably.

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