HighVoltage Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Sometimes, I like to read books on parenting toddlers and babies and see what they say about them. I think it forms a more accurate picture of what they're like in my head. Does anyone else do this? Link to comment
Angela Bauer Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Probably because I wore 'just-in-case' diapers frequently as a child, as soon as I could read I searched parenting books for diapering advice. Later I also searched about discipline, punishment and especially spanking. My Granny Vi bought me a near-new copy of the first Dr. Spock BABY AND CHILD CARE as well as a subsequent edition in which he became more pro-spanking. At libraries I scanned all available child care books. Link to comment
Kapelmeister Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 One of my first jobs, at age 18, was working in a bookstore. I had to put the books on the shelves as the arrived so I got to see every new parenting book that came in. I would check out the parts about potty training and bed-wetting. There was one book in particular that had several pages on bed-wetting which was kind of unusual. Typically it was a page or two at the most. Anyway, I remember that this one book recommended pinning a diaper "both front and back to the waistband" of a child's underwear. "Add rubber pants, they come in sizes big enough for adults." WOW! I actually got dizzy reading it. Here was a book suggesting using diapers and rubber/plastic pants on older children. I wasn't the only one! Of course there was no internet at the time or abdl community so as far as liking diapers or spanking or enemas or anything childish or babyish I was still (in my mind) the only one in the universe. It was quite shameful and lonely. But I digress, I always read everything in those child care books. I even remember reading them as young as 1-12. Thanks for bringing up the memory. Link to comment
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