Tiny Tim was inspired by Dickens’ family members It took Dickens just six weeks to write A Christmas Carol, which came in at less than 30,000 words. Writing a full story in this manner was new ...

Since the holiday season is upon us, The Contemporary Pediatrics editorial team decided to do a little research into Tiny Tim, the lovable son of Scrooge’s employee, Bob Cratchit, in Dickens’ A ...

Tiny Tim is one of Bob Cratchit's sons ... and blind men see. Analysis Dickens suggests that the child is exceptionally thoughtful for his age. This highlights how ungenerous Scrooge, an adult ...

While Dickens didn’t invent Christmas ... Scrooge undergoes a change of heart in a huge way sparked, at least in part, by Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim, or Timothy Cratchit, is the youngest son of Bob Cratchit, ...

It’s believed that parts of the novel were inspired by Dickens’s own life: as a 12-year-old, around the time that his father was in debtors’ prison, he’d been forced into work, while Tiny Tim is ...

Tiny Tim is one of Bob Cratchit's sons ... and blind men see. Analysis Dickens suggests that the child is exceptionally thoughtful for his age. This highlights how ungenerous Scrooge, an adult ...