play-parent

Updated: July 7, 2025

Now, it was a warm morning and baby was heavy and the avenue was dull, and mamma much preferred to stay in the house and sew the trimming on to a new and pretty dress. 'Must I really? Kitty you are a hard-hearted mamma to make me do it, and Mrs. Fairbairn hoped her play-parent would relent. But she did not, and only answered with a meaning look.

Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag