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Baby In Cage
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It’s bad enough to place a baby in a cage, but in a cage several stories up makes it all the worse…
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flibble says:November 19, 2011 at
this was done in the suburbs of london in the late 1940s to stop Rickets, a disease caused by lack of vitamin D; the only sure way of being able to get enough vitamin D is by getting enough sunlight. lots of children got it because they didn’t get enough. because women spent so long indoors doing housework, their babies and children suffered. this was a government funded exercise!
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DAAA says:October 23, 2011 at
Its incredible that these would have been popular. Look how precarious it looks. I imagine no children actually died from these but would you really want to put your child in ramshackle little box stories high up in the air, with a floor made of planks of wood a couple of inches thick and some shitty chicken wire bars? As a grown man, I would be terrified to be in one of those if they made one that I could fit in.
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Hannah says:August 8, 2011 at
The baby is not in a cage. He or she can probably get out at any time, either by crawling back into the house or falling down along with the entire contraption…
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Brandon says:August 6, 2011 at
actually these were quite popular during the 30s, the idea was that keeping a baby inside of the building was unhealthy for lung development
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Dorothea says:August 13, 2010 at
Actually, things like this are still very common!, most people would have a “cage”like this in the backyard,when the baby is sleeping lay it in there, its great for them !
and when you live upstairs,.. this would be awesome to let your baby sleep in (not keep it in there for ever lol)
most modern daycare centers have them too
Fresh air is great,and yes indeed its a thing mostly spread in the 20′s (thats when it became a commercial thing,it already happened before that)Like or Dislike:
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SAS says:August 6, 2010 at
This was actually a commercial product. Like a previous poster said, fresh air was promoted in the early part of the 20th centrury and a few companies sold these “play pens” to people living in the city and couldn’t get to a park to get some fresh air. It’s screwed into the window frame, btw. I remember seeing this exact photo in one of my classes in college.
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Carl Crawford says:June 28, 2010 at
It’s NOT safe! Ever hear of Eric Clapton?
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Jamie says:June 17, 2010 at
It’s a cat perch. The baby must have crawled out into it when the parents weren’t looking. Great looking out, parents!
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SJ says:May 9, 2010 at
This was a common practice in the early 20th century, which explains why the picture looks so dated. People used to think that it was healthy for babies to get as much air flow as possible, so they often constructed things like that near windows to put their babies in. Obviously the trend didn’t catch on to today’s society.
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ansadesk says:April 19, 2010 at
Surely that cannot be for real? Who on earth would allow their child into that thing it looks like it could fall apart at any moment.
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CardiganFreak says:April 13, 2010 at
only in the winter when the A/C doesn’t need to be in there
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kayoshi says:February 14, 2010 at
That would be safe I bet, if there were some sort of weight on the other end. Even though, that looks like a big baby….
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kami says:February 9, 2010 at
SAFE!? are you nuts that thing looks like it will ither fall apart or pop out of the bloody window!
Sorry there’s no way something like that could be safe.
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San Diego Maid says:January 26, 2010 at
Based on the numerous “safe looking” contraptions that I have seen fall apart, I don’t think that this is a good idea AT ALL! If you want your kid to get some fresh air, take him or her to the park!
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meee says:January 11, 2010 at
Ok, this is gonna make me sound really bad… but it actually looks quite safe. I would never ever ever put a baby in there though!
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