How much of the casual attitude toward children in the 1960’s and 1970’s was due to the fact that families could afford to have broken arms set and cuts stitched up. Now, not so much.
>>> How much of the casual attitude toward children in the 1960s and 1970s was due to the fact that families could afford to have broken arms set and cuts stitched up. Now, not so much.
I think it was because folks had more kids then than today. Thus, they could afford to lose a few. My grandmother was one of 16, Only 12 made it to adulthood.