Help me find a book please!

[Margaret]

I'm writing an essay about the horrific origins of fairy tales, in light of the Gretel and Hansel movie adaptation. I remember reading a book that discussed how common it was in Ancient Rome to abandon children, and I believe it went on to discuss how it was, in general, a common practice, and it tied it into changeling children in European folklore as well. I can't remember where I read this! I could've sworn we discussed it here, but I can't find the discussion!

Can anyone help me?

[Katy]

Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children by Michael Newton?

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner might have something in it also.

[Tamara]

It's been several years since I read either book, but I think one of Sarah Hrdy's books discussed this.

It was probably in Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species or Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding.

[Margaret]

Katy, I've checked both books and can't find it, though those would make sense! I've read both!

Tamara, I haven't read either of those.

Thanks to you both! I thought it might be Fairy Tale in the Ancient World but I'm not finding it in there either! Oh well. The piece will work fine without more specifics, or maybe I can find more specifics on the internet.