‘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
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 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…