For a long time, the concept of "child" did not exist. It appeared only during the modern period. Mankind decided to start raising children closely only at the beginning of the 20th century. It is surprising that things created at that time for posterity for the most part resemble some kind of strange tools.
Buratino
One of the most important parts of raising a young child is instilling walking skills. The vast majority of parents do it manually.
An unusual thing.
But one Swiss engineer at the beginning of the last century came up with a device that made it possible to control the baby's legs from the side using wooden sticks.
Brand for the baby
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Certainly, no one wants to have their child in the maternity hospital. In order to avoid any confusing situations in the 1930s in the United States, special devices for branding children were used in New York.
Children were branded in the USA.
The insignia was installed on the baby's leg or buttock using a special lamp. This procedure was painful. Little.
Air arena
All children need fresh air! But what if you don't have the strength to go outside, and there is still so much to do at home? The answer to this question was found at the beginning of the last century in Europe.
Not a single child was hurt.
There, parents were offered to install special "air arenas" on the windows. Surprisingly, not a single accident with such a arena has ever been registered.
Down with the strollers
When a child is sitting in a stroller, you can only move on foot. In the last century, the Swiss inventor Emil Eberl proposed an interesting alternative for prams.
Panty strollers.
She became a baby carriage mounted on the handlebars of a bicycle. The design is not the most reliable and stable, but very comfortable!
Baby alarm
In the 1930s, a wave of child abductions swept across the United States. Against the background of these events, businessman Charles Rothenberg was able to develop and successfully implement a wheelchair alarm project on the market.
It will help to keep the child.
If someone tried to get the child out of the stroller while the system was on, the gadget would make a terrible noise.
Rocking cage
The American inventor Sheldon D. Vanderburg and the father of three children felt absolutely exhausted after work (like most family people).
Rocked for a child.
In order to simplify childcare, the American came up with a special rocking cage. It looks wild, but the children do not crawl anywhere!
Children's gas mask
Do you think that strange things are created only in the USA? In 1938, the first ever infant gas mask was created in France.
What it is.
In fact, it was a real air bag with a rubber pump and a special filter. This invention, however, has not received widespread acceptance.
Road "suppressor"
Like all decent citizens, Caleb M. Prater hated children who screamed on public transport.
To not scream.
At some point, he was finally put on babies on trains and the engineer created a special pipe with ventilation, where a screaming child could be put in order to drown out his screams.
Chinese Manege
A huge number of interesting things were invented in China, but for a long time they could not think of a "humane" arena for young children.
A tricky barrel.
Instead of them, such elongated barrels were used to curb the young. The principle of operation of the device is frighteningly simple: the child was simply inserted into the barrel up to the armpits and hung. There was enough space inside for the infant to be able to defecate. There was also a small compartment for coals inside to warm up the air in the barrel during the cold season.