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(1909) [MARC] Author: Ellen Key Translator: Marie Franzos
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i6o The Century of the Child
rule of duty alone. Corporal punishment is
never used in this home ; a determined but mild
mother has taught the children to obey volun-
tarily, and has known how to train their wills
to self-control.
By " voluntary obedience," I do not mean
that the child is bound to ask endless questions
for reasons, and to dispute them before he
obeys. A good teacher never gives a com-
mand without there being some good reason,
but whether the child is convinced or not, he
must always obey, and if he asks " why " the
answer is very simple; every one, adults as
well as children, must obey the right and must
submit to what cannot be avoided. The great
necessity in life must be imprinted in child-
hood. This can be done without harsh means
by training the child, even previous to his
birth, by cultivating one’s self-control, and
after his birth by never giving in to a child’s
caprices.
The rule is, in a few cases, to work in op-
position to the action of the child, but in other
cases work constructively; I mean provide the
child with material to construct his own per-
sonality and then let him do this work of
construction. This is, in brief, the art of
education. The worst of all educational

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