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1950s parenting practices now seen as harmful to children's brains

Original: The ’50s parenting practices we now know were terrible for kids’ brains

A new piece revisits common 1950s parenting practices that experts now say harmed children's brain development, from strict discipline and emotional suppression to smoking around kids and lax safety habits. The retrospective is prompting readers to compare past child-rearing wisdom with modern developmental science and debate which today's practices future generations will condemn.

Why now: Nostalgia-driven parenting retrospectives spark debate by contrasting old conventions with current child development research.

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• The ’50s parenting practices we now know were terrible for kids’ brains · AOL.com

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