The conscientious mother of this age approaches the birth of her first baby with two ideas firmly in mind. One is that she will raise the baby by schedule. The other, that she will not let it suck its thumb.
ATTRIBUTION:
Gladys D. Schultz. originally appeared in “Must Parents Worry About Thumb- sucking?” The Parents Magazine (July 1935). As quoted in Mothering, by Elaine Heffner, ch. 11 (1978).
