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200 The Century of the Child
freedom teaches children to make use of com-
plete freedom. A system of negative com-
mands and oversight produces insincerity and
weakness. An old illiterate housekeeper who
earned a living by taking school children to
board was one of the best educators I have
ever seen. Her method was loving young
people and believing in them—a confidence
that they as a rule sought to deserve. More-
over a good home is always cheerful, its affec-
tion real, not sentimental. No time is wasted
in it in preaching about petty details or pros-
ing. Mother and sisters do not look shocked
when the small boy tells a funny story or uses
strong language. A joke is not regarded as
evidence of moral corruption, nor keen views
as an indication of depravity. Liveliness,
want of prudishness, which can be combined,
so far as the feminine part of the household is
concerned, with purity of mind and simple
nobility, are characteristics for which there can
be no substitutes. In such a household con-
cord prevails, the young and old work, read,
and talk together, together take common di-
versions; sometimes the young people, some-
times their elders, take the lead. The house
is open for the friends of the children; they
are free to enjoy themselves as completely as
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