After many suitors, Sara married James Roosevelt I in 1880. Two years later, she gave birth to a son, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on January 30, 1882.[5] After the birth of her son, doctors advised Sara not to have any more children, and thus the young Franklin became the focus of her attention.[6][1] Many wealthy parents of this time period relied on servants to care for their children, but not Sara.[1] She taught Franklin reading and geography, and employed tutors rather than sending him to a conventional school.[7] After the death of her husband in 1900, she temporarily moved to Boston, Massachusetts to be close to her son who was then studying at Harvard University.[1]