How times change

‘Baby cages’ were considered a good thing… 10 shocking photos that show how parenting has changed in 100 years

There have been a variety of weird and wonderful parenting methods of the years – and some of the strangest ones aren’t even that far in the past

Natalie Keegan

Published: 17:55, 11 Oct 2016
Updated: 18:45, 20 Feb 2017

PARENTING has come a long way over the last hundred years or so.

There have been a variety of weird and wonderful parenting methods of the years – and some of the strangest ones aren’t even that far in the past.

In the 1930s, 'baby cages' were a thingCredit: Getty Images

Babies would be placed in cages out of windows so that they could get 'fresh air'Credit: Getty Images

In the 1930s baby cages were touted as the ‘it’ parenting product in Britain, with mothers everywhere dangling their tots out of windows and inside hutch-like contraptions so that their bundles of joy could be ‘aired’ and enjoy the fresh, outdoor air – without crawling away.

Just imagine walking through your town and seeing a baby dangling out of window these days – weird, right?

Perhaps unsurprisingly the cages were out of fashion by the 1940s – and there hasn’t been resurgence since.

Here are 8 more photos that show how parenting has changed over the last hundred years…