Don't tell social workers: the harsh life of the kids of the past

In this post we will talk about those times, when the concept of "care for children" had a completely different meaning than now. For his new book "Retrohead on parenting: the past, you probably wouldn't believe it" writer Chris Wilde've unearthed some of the amazing photos.

And while caring women from generations mamochkin forums roam the apartment in search of ammonia, we can only advise you never to repeat the like.

Got a light? The boys look like heavy smokers in their fancy decorated with a secret lair.

Kids who can barely lift Boxing gloves, put on a makeshift Boxing ring, 1950s.

Synchronized swimming: teach beginners using a kind of carousel. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1930s.

Kids "dry" on a rope, and they don't delight.

Woman covers children in the closet during the German air RAID on London.

The brothers left the baby to empty the trash while they play.

Children in front of a sun lamp in 1938, after the publication of studies demonstrating the benefits of its use to treat infections of the chest and anemia.

The children sleep under the open sky on the roof of the school for orphans.

The baby breathes fresh air in a cage, hung over the window.

"Driver, please be gentle to me!": mom only wants her child gave way.