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Homelessness 199
cate them in a free exchange of thought and
opinions. Here children do not receive every-
thing as a gift; according to the measure of
their power they must share in the work of the
home ; they learn to take account of their par-
ents, of servants, and one another. They
have duties and rights that are just as firmly
fixed as those of their parents; and they are
respected themselves just as they are taught
to respect others. They come into daily con-
tact with realities, they can do useful tasks,
not simply pretend that they are doing them;
they can arrange their own amusements, their
own small money accounts, their own punish-
ments even, by their parents never hindering
them from suffering the natural consequences
of their own acts.
In such a home a command is never given
unless accompanied at the same time with a
reason for it, just as soon as a reason can be
understood. So the feeling of responsibility
is impressed upon the children from the ten-
derest age. The children are as seldom as
possible told not to do things, but such com-
mands when given are absolute because they
always rest on good reasons, not on a whim.
Mother and father are watchful, but they do
not act as spies on their children. Partial
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