Children in Elizabethan England were expected to respect and obey their parents and learn proper manners. Boys from upper and middle class families could attend petty schools from ages 5-7, grammar school from 7-14, and then potentially university. Education focused on religion, Latin, literature, and arithmetic. Girls' education usually took place at home and focused on obedience, though some upper class girls could attend grammar school. The monarch dictated what was taught in schools, including passages from the catechism on renouncing the devil.