Baby in a box
2013-06-04 16:47:31.127125+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
BBC News: Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes.
Mothers have a choice between taking the box, or a cash grant, currently set at 140 euros, but 95% opt for the box as it's worth much more.
The tradition dates back to 1938. To begin with, the scheme was only available to families on low incomes, but that changed in 1949.
It'd be interesting to see the graph on infant mortality against other nations similarly developing in the same time frame.