Hi --

Through most of history, children have been dressed just like adults
(once they could walk, anyway). The concept of childhood as a
*separate* stage of life started, as I recall, around the early 19th
century. So the consequences of dressing children like adults? Perhaps
irrelevant, since they don't have the rights and responsibilities of
adults.

If you find this thread of interest you might want to see if you can get
your hands on a copy of "Pricing the Priceless Child".

--Beth Kevles

http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic
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