[blparent] walking with older children

[Jody Ianuzzi]

Hi Julie and all,

I also seem to remember reading somewhere that in colonial days infants and toddlers were discouraged from crawling because crawling was considered to be something that animals did so the child was encouraged to go directly to walking. They also war thick quilted caps to protect their heads from falls. I think that was very clever. 

JODY 🐺
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> On Sep 2, 2015, at 5:38 PM, Julie J. via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Here's a super brief description of leading strings:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_strings
> 
> There's a lot more information, but most of it seems to be in books.  It's interesting how cultural norms influence everything from clothing to parenting.
> 
> Julie
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> -----Original Message----- From: Star Gazer via blparent
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> 
> You know Julie, I think you are onto
> something with your apron strings. I never thought of it being a literal
> phrase, but it makes perfect sense.
> Thank you for this.
> 
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