Concerning Children

Chapter 15

no excuse for contemptuous treatment of the, 177.

necessity for recognising the citizenship of the, 182.

treatment at table of the, 183.

teaching a, consideration, 187.

the need for consideration between mother and, 187.



tendency to repet.i.tion of a, 191.

excessive sacrifice of the mother injurious to the, 193.

harmful effect of the mother"s sacrificial devotion to the, 197.

effect of a.s.sociation with domestic servants on the, 235.

influence of surroundings on the, 237.

physical conditions of the household a danger to the, 238.

duty of the mother to benefit the, 261.

relation of the State to the, 278.

social responsibility of parents to the, 280.

gradual protection by society of the, 292.

Child-culture and house service, the relation between, 233.

the study of, 265.

Child-training, obedience in, 36.

honesty lacking in, 109.

Childhood, the condition of the brain in, 49.

naturally inconsiderate, 91.

careless, 93.

clumsy, 93.

permanence of, as a human status, 119.

the status of, 180.

Childish faith, an expression of, 56.

Children, importance of the work of rearing, 37.

the most submissive, not the best men, 43.

trained to act without understanding, 51.

present brain-training of, discouraging to racial advancement, 62.

should be practised in reasoning, 68.

the punishment of, 74.

parents and the punishment of, 75.

over-indulgence of, 75.

learn before school-age, what, 77.

code of ethics among, 87.

the injured clothing of, 94.

lying to, 102.

ethics of, formed from the treatment they receive, 102.

open to instruction in ethics, 104.

sense of justice in, 105.

instruction of, in ethics, 106.

the teaching of ethics to, 115.

a permanent cla.s.s, 118.

houses not built for, 120.

playgrounds for, beginning to appear, 120.

in inst.i.tutions, 124.

mortality of, in inst.i.tutions, 126.

expert care for, 127.

the care of, not servant"s work, 127.

trained care for defective, 128.

a place for, to play in, 129.

a special house for little, 129.

the home as a place for, 180.

the private nurse not the proper person to have the care of, 132.

the mischievousness of, 137.

orderly development of the faculties of, 146.

travelling parties of, 150.

the demands of parents on their, 162.

errors of little, not grounds for humour, 172.

"impertinence" of, 175.

mother"s lack of respect for her, 178.

the confidence of, not regarded, 179.

behaviour of women to, 179.

grown people and, 179.

discourtesy to, 181.

the balance of human rights should be understood by, 188.

the questions of, 191.

our love for our, 192.

benefit of mothers observing other peoples", 204.

method of observation of, 206.

the effect of the education of, by house-servants, 240.

improved environment of, a road to racial improvement, 264.

maternal instinct not sufficient to ensure good conditions for, 267.

the duty of the State to, 290.

Chinese, the, 12.

Christianity a social condition, 295.

Citizenship of the child, necessity for recognising the, 182.

Civic duties, ignoring of, by women, 154.

Cla.s.s, children a permanent, 118.

Clothing, children"s injured, 94.

Collegiate Alumnae, the Society of, 289.

Combined motherhood, the possibilities of, 284.

Conduct, all, right or wrong, 107.

Confidence of children not regarded, the, 179.

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