Today's post will look at some parenting advice from the 19th and early 20th centuries, you will note how the pendulum has swung from a strict format to the more lenient style used in modern times. Women of today don't even drink while pregnant but in the 19th century the children of yesteryear were given tonics of alcohol and opium for complaints such as fussiness and constipation. Toilet training started as early as 4 months. There was no lunch or snacks and if they had to have something between meals it should be a piece of dry bread. Affection was to be limited to a good morning handshake and a peck on the head at bedtime. Makes today's standards look soft!
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