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Top Stories: What were 'practice babies'? The parenting experiment was once common on college campuses.

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Fri Feb 16 2024

What were practice babies? The college campus open secret, explained.

No perfect parenting method exists. But a number of decades ago, educators thought differently – so much so that they sent babies from local orphanages for home economics students to "parent."

Some historians are divided on the "practice baby" era and whether it is deserving of the appalled response it receives.

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