discipline

The Inquirer inquires Are modern mothers too lenient in raising their children

1940s

Parenting in the ’40s: Harder than years ago? Are moms too soft? Opinions from the good ol’ days

When it came to parenting the ’40s, were moms too easy on their kids? Was being a parent harder than the generation before? Here’s what people said in 1940.

1950s

How to stop your kids from becoming juvenile delinquents (1958)

When I was a kid, we had the same desire to loot and pillage and rape as these kids today, we were as savage as kids always are, but at the same time, we knew that our parents and all other grownups were unalterably opposed to it, and we didn’t do it.

1900s

Vintage parenting advice: What kids should & shouldn’t eat (1905)

The care and training of children A mother writes: “My child, three years old, is so troubled with indigestion that the physician has advised me

1930s

Humor forms basis for a child’s faith in parents (1936)

Mother, for instance, smells an awful smell. She finds long-dead worms in Johnny’s pocket. Instead of gagging over her dinner and making Johnny feel like a hangman, she embellishes the story for the rest.

1900s

Grammar errors mean corporal punishment (1909)

Principal, in wrath, beats girl San Leandro aroused over Charles Brenner’s system of correction “Spare the rod, spoil the child” not in favor with parents