![]() ![]() Later in the 1930’s through the 1960’s drugs and amphetamines such as the ones alluded to in the Rolling Stones song, Mother’s Little helper, were prescribed in efforts to reduce stress and common negative health effects due to stress. Harrington presents these topics in her book stating or paraphrasing from others, that Americans were particularly prone to being over stressed because “ modern civilization” in America had become too fast paced, overwhelmed by modern technologies, and the new heightened “mental activity of women” were factors that lead to being nervous and stressed to the point of serious illness. The song says the mothers claimed that these “little helpers” helped mothers get through their busy days and that mothers at the time claimed that children of that time period were different than past generations, and that the world has changed to much, “Life’s just much too hard today.” The song portrays the drug as being abused but this is not something that is spoken about directly in the book, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine, by Anne Harrington which mentions this song and claims that it is this song that coined the term “mother’s little helper” for many mild tranquilizers (eg. The song speaks to the large popularity of mild tranquilizers that were commonly prescribed by general practitioners at the time and sold over the counter to reduce the stress of the patients and alter their mood to be happier. It was later released on July 2 nd, of 1966. The song “Mother’s Little Helper” by The Rolling Stones was first recorded at RCA Studios, in Los Angeles, USA, December 1965.
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