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audioguy58 Despite my deep fascination with all means of restraint and numerous searches, I have never come across such a device designed for children, although of course the concept of a belt securing the wrists to the waist is an old one. Did this belt have some sort of safety device to prevent a child from undoing it?

    audioguy58 As I look now, there are special immobilizers available online, designed to prevent children from bending their elbows so that they can't reach their fingers to their mouths. That's why I'm not at all surprised that in the 1960s someone came up with the idea of tying children's hands to their waist.

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        audioguy58 There are also mittens and gloves sold today that are meant to prevent nail biting, thumb sucking, and cuticle picking.

            Andrew

            Tjc

            it was never necessary for me. my grandma told me as a child that if i chewed my nails and then ate them, a tree full of nails would grow in my stomach. that really scared me as a child and stopped me from doing it any more

                  Angelina
                  My grandmother also had some rather weird stories about what would happen if I did certain things.
                  I never quite figured out if she actually believed those herself (maybe handed down over generations from her parents?) or if she invented that BS.

                      curious Or maybe someone used those lines on her when she was a kid and she wound up thinking it was a good idea.

                        curious I never quite figured out if she actually believed those herself (maybe handed down over generations from her parents?) or if she invented that BS.

                        my grandma told me many such stories as a child to teach me how to behave properly 😂

                            I think in the 1950s and before the fear was that thumb sucking would cause you teeth to come in crooked, And there weren't orthodontics to straighten them. so they were trying to save the child from dental problems.

                              If her parents denied her vaccination, that would mean she did not turn 18 before 1998 though, when Wakefield published his bullshit study on autism. Maybe she just ages very slowly.

                                James Have to admit, that IS an EXCELLENT horror story tale.

                                it worked, even if it is certainly no longer an appropriate form of pedagogy today 😂