One of these days I am going to correctly upload these photos. My apologies for the look of these posts. The photographs are big and they never stay centered for some reason. I’m definitely working on it.
Take a look at these two photographs from November 1947. They show a baby in a Skinner box. The caption reads:
Boxes For Babies
Baby John Gray Jr. happily playing in his Skinner box, devel oped by Indiana Univ. psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner,. type of new-style crib which eliminates germs, drafts & constricting clothing because of temperature controls & slid-down glass.
Here is little John Gray Jr.
And here is John Jr. sound asleep in the box with his bottle. Where’s his mama? It is fascinating to see childrearing through the years. By the way, by 1947 breastfeeding was truly a practice of the past.
© 2009 Mothering Magazine
creepy, seriously creepy!
I agree! Thank you so much for reading!
This is so SAD!
I wonder why adults these days have attachment / relationship issues??? Ugh, what a sad little “bed.”
Hey, I know this was posted awhile ago, i have not looked at your blog before, I have been scrolling through. I am so sad to see this photograph. Poor baby! I am so thankful more of us are bfing and wearing our little ones these days.
Why is it that after WWII, childbirth and childrearing practices changed so much? Why did we stop breastfeeding and having babies naturally?