Segment from Young Americans

Toddlers Get Their Tiaras

Ed sits down with historian Susan Pearson to talk about the bouncing baby shows of the 1850s, when a new sentimentality toward children first went on public display.

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The Price of a Child

Ed talks with sociologist Viviana Zelizer about 19^thcentury wrongful death suits, compensation paid to parents, and changing understandings of the worth of a child.

00:12:41

Listener Call 1

Ed, Peter, and Brian take a call from a listener with a question about child labor.

00:05:09

Toddlers Get Their Tiaras

Ed sits down with historian Susan Pearson to talk about the bouncing baby shows of the 1850s, when a new sentimentality toward children first went on public display.

00:13:32

Those Unruly American Kids

Peter talks with historian Paula Fass, about the impressions foreigners gleaned of youths in Early America, and their penchant for a very un-European style of independence.

00:10:01

Listener Call 2

Ed, Peter, and Brian take a call from a listener with a question about childsplay.

00:07:28