What Did the New Discourse About Children That Emerged in the 1760s

question 28

Multiple Choice

What did the new discourse about children that emerged in the 1760s emphasize?

• A)A call for greater tenderness toward children
• B)Continuation of the practice of swaddling babies and using corsets to mold their bones
• C)An expansion of foundling hospitals
• D)Warnings against women nursing their own children

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