A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.

A young man with his arms crossed against his chest and a young woman gesturing with her hands as their woman braids material and their father sits reading a paper beyond; a representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Kuleana Centre for Sexual Health in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by Marco Tibasima, ca. 1997.

Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her busy family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1786, after A. van Ostade.

The Virgin Mary seated on the lap of Saint Anne lifts up the infant Christ in order to place him on a wooden structure that Joseph has built for him. Process print after a drawing attributed to a member of the Roman school.

An older child looking lovingly over her mother's shoulder as she breast feeds an infant. Etching after A. Correggio.

The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

A fairer future for children : towards better parental and professional care / Mia Kellmer Pringle ; with F.S.W. Brimblecombe [and others].

Bringing up the normal child / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.

96 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.

Child care / Graeme Snodgrass.

8 unnumbered pages, 102 pages, 10 unnumbered pages

A new method of educating children, or, Rules and directions for the well ordering and governing them during their younger years : shewing that they are capable ... : also, what methods is to be used by breeding women ... / written ... by Tho. Tryon.

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Parenting

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The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

A fairer future for children : towards better parental and professional care / Mia Kellmer Pringle ; with F.S.W. Brimblecombe [and others].

Bringing up the normal child / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.

Child care / Graeme Snodgrass.

A new method of educating children, or, Rules and directions for the well ordering and governing them during their younger years : shewing that they are capable ... : also, what methods is to be used by breeding women ... / written ... by Tho. Tryon.

Parenting

Images from the collections

Images about Parenting

Works from the collections

The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

A fairer future for children : towards better parental and professional care / Mia Kellmer Pringle ; with F.S.W. Brimblecombe [and others].

Bringing up the normal child / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.

Child care / Graeme Snodgrass.

A new method of educating children, or, Rules and directions for the well ordering and governing them during their younger years : shewing that they are capable ... : also, what methods is to be used by breeding women ... / written ... by Tho. Tryon.

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