Franklin delano roosevelt childhood biography
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Born into one of New York’s most prominent families on January 30, 1882, Franklin D. Roosevelt survived a harrowing delivery. After his mother, Sara, received a chloroform overdose during an excruciating 24-hour labor, Franklin was born motionless.
A doctor brought him to life by breathing air into his lungs.
Due to his difficult birth, Franklin would be Sara’s only child—and the focus of her attention.
Franklin delano roosevelt childhood biography
Franklin’s doting mother dressed the toddler in miniature sailor suits and long dresses and kept him in long curls until he was nearly six years old. Adoring Sara infused Franklin with an optimistic temperament and mandated that he always remain positive.
“I do not believe I have ever seen a little boy who seemed always to be so consistently enjoying himself,” Sara recalled.
“He seemed to me always just the average carefree small boy.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat
There was nothing average, however, about Franklin’s patrician upbringing on the family’s Hyde