I’ve never seen a full page laxative ad (but I also don’t read Parents, Parenting, Working Parent, or Scare Me About Something I Hadn’t Heard About That May Kill My Kid magazines…so maybe that’s why…)
But what on earth were they feeding kids in 1941 that they were giving kids laxatives so…often? Even better, did people really used to live in neighborhoods where the school nurse walked by on the street…or knew that much about children other than how to dole out medication?
The funniest part for me is #3 in the list of medical background info. “has little tendancy to cause irritation or constipation after use” – I would sure as hell hope the laxative wouldn’t cause constipation.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:40 am
All I have to say is what in the world? I agree, what where they feeding their kids back then. Did they not have prune juice? Doesn’t that always work.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
This explains A LOT. Like where my mother-in-law gets all her hokey ideas about what I should feed, or do for my kids when they are not well.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 am
Sad to say, but I have actually known people IRL that are that anal(pun intended) about their children’s bowel habits, and will give a laxative if they haven’t pooped in 24 hours.
I’m convinced this is where adult diaper fetishes come from. Just sayin’.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
What got me was ’so I slapped her’
Nice.
Sounds like my mother.
Cause that’ll work.