Parents
Are you a Danger-Mother?
Danger Mother would be a good name for a band, if there wasn't already a band named Wolfmother.
Life - Mar 29, 1948
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 25, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Parents, 1940s
Don’t sit on your kids
I have a feeling that the author didn't intend for the title to sound funny.
Pittsburgh Press - Jan 18, 1985
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 23, 2024 -
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Category: Children, Parents, Books
One’s really his mother…
A young man with Oedipus issues.
Better Homes and Gardens - Sep 1969
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 17, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Parents, 1960s
Worried Mother
Birmingham Post - May 9, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 17, 2024 -
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Category: Parents, 1950s
Teddie Rose Vail, Amnesia Due to Folk-Dancing
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 28, 2023 -
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Category: Children, Parents, 1950s, Dance, Mental Health and Insanity
Wailing-Activated Rocking Cradle
Mister Muzzey had a good idea way back in 1962 and was actually ahead of his time--his patent also references a baby monitor to transmit the cries to the parents' room--but I wonder if his device ever went into production? As you can see below, there are modern versions today.
Amazon link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 03, 2023 -
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Category: Babies, Domestic, Inventions, Patents, Parents, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Paying Back Your Parents
In the news recently was a story about a teenager whose parents asked her to pay back her school expenses:This reminded me of the story that the artist Ernest Thompson Seton told in his 1940 autobiography (Trail of an Artist-Naturalist). He claimed that when he turned 21 his father presented him with an itemized bill for $537.50, which his father said was what it had cost to raise him, including the doctor's fee for his delivery. His father expected him to pay it.
According to Seton, he briefly considered paying the bill, but then decided against it, figuring he needed to keep all the money he had to establish himself as an artist.
Ernest Thompson Seton
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 09, 2021 -
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Category: Money, Parents
The Sins of the Children
Article source.
WASHINGTON POST coverage here.
Here is the official write-up of the case and its outcome.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 13, 2021 -
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Category: Lawsuits, Parents, Teenagers, 1990s, Pregnancy
One Brave Dog
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 06, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Parents, Dogs, Courage, Bravery, Heroism and Valor
Mystery Illustration 93
This man is the son of one of the superstar actors of the twentieth century. Without googling, just by resemblance, can you say who the father was?Answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 26, 2020 -
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Category: Movies, Children, Parents, Twentieth Century
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