1.06.2011

Practice Babies

i heard this super interesting/weird interview on npr today and i want to remember to investigate later
so it is going here
as a place saver and reminder to return and dig into it
practice babies
orphaned children were raised by a rotating cycle of college women practicing/learning mothering skills
this took place on college campuses
the children lived on campus and were cared for by students
and after their stint as practice babies
they went back to orphanages and were adopted in the normal fashion of the time
here are some pictures from {npr}




odd as hell
but it sounds as though it was seen profitable for scientific research and there was only one incident of objection by some kind of child services organization

anyway
odd
and fascinating
so i want to know more about it