Child Conductors and Guardians

In Paul's day special duty slaves called child conductors were assigned to young boys. These trustworthy slaves were charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of boys belonging to the better class. The boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house without them before arriving at the age of manhood. The boys probably didn't like that much, and may have tried to find ways of getting around these super-strict child-conductors.