31 Of The Most Bizarre Trends Of The 50s And 60s

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Giving your child a radioactive, exploding chemistry set

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Parents want only the best for their children: that is perhaps the single most sacred and unanimous goal of parenthood. As such, we want to encourage our kids to be all they can be, even at a young age—and hopefully not lose and eye or a limb, in the process! The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, created by the toy makers that gave us the Erector set, had four varieties of toxic, potentially radioactive uranium ore. The Gilbert Chemistry Set, on the other hand, was no safer, with extremely unstable and destructive chemicals, such as sodium cyanide and ammonium nitrate. Thankfully, those toys have been out of production for years. “Honey, I’ve blown up the kids! Is dinner ready yet?” isn’t exactly good parenting.Speaking of good parenting, would you routinely give your child thyroid medication, without even knowing if they had thyroid issues, to begin with? Well, some schools in the 1950s thought it was a good idea to do exactly that. The next slide is the key.