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...major practical problems in raising a young baby, Skinner reasoned, is the simple one of keeping it warm. The infant is usually covered by half a dozen layers of cloth?shirt, nightdress, sheet and blankets???that not only constrict movement and cause rashes, but sometimes even pose the danger of strangulation. Then there is the mother's labor in dressing and undressing the child, plus the considerable expense of buying and laundering all those clothes and blankets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Skinnerian Innovation: Baby in a Box | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

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