Tag: babies
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“Little Mothers” Write Playlets With Helpful Plots
The Little Mothers’ League was a club for girls in public school that taught them how to properly care for babies. Started in 1910 by Sara Josephine Baker, the idea wasn’t as much to prepare them to be parents themselves, but to give them the means to help their parents by taking care of their…
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Rearing Babies By Scientific Methods
A weird bit of humor. I’m not sure what movement in child care was happening at the time that prompted this piece, but I thought I’d post it anyway as an oddity. At least, I think it’s supposed to be humor. REARING BABIES BY SCIENTIFIC METHODS (PDF) From May 8, 1910