Childhood


 * ====Raised by his grandmother ====
 * Was the third child born to his mother, Jeanne Brochard
 * Was not expected to live and as a child he was weak at home and school
 * His father called him "my little philosopher"
 * Descartes was very smart and they allowed him to lie in bed and read and write for as long as he preffered
 * The habit of lying in bed and learning would carry on for the rest of his life[[image:iberkheimer/childhood.jpg width="412" height="301"]]