Are we right in thinking the parents of the past used to be much stricter? What awaits new parents and children after a decade of gentler approaches? Can millennials claim hands-on fatherhood as their achievement? This conversation with Christina Hardyment, the author of “Dream Babies. Childcare Advice from John Locke to Gina Ford,” offers her unique bird’s eye view of parenting advice through the centuries. Listen out for the story of how the father of behaviourism became an evil marketing genius and follow our podcast for part 2.