Weird Early Childhood History: "The Baby Cage: A Penthouse for a Baby?"

There have been a lot of weird trends in history about the best way to raise young children. Few were weirder than the “baby cage” which was a cage that hung outside an apartment window that was sold as a way for city dwellers living in apartments to get their baby fresh air. You can see an advertisement for the product below and read all about the history of it in this article here and or this one here. While some might judge this idea, we have to remember there are a lot of things currently happening when it comes to raising young children that could also be looked at as less than wise and the current horrors that children placed in cages have experienced the past few years.

The Baby Cage, it looks quite alarming but presumably it was pretty safe. A flat with no terrace or garden didn't deter this woman. Instead she built a cage ...