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(1909) [MARC] Author: Ellen Key Translator: Marie Franzos
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234 The Century of the Child
education. Every discussion dealing with the
possibilities of women working in public life
exalts the advantage of freeing the mother
from the care of children, emancipating child-
ren from the improper care of their mothers,
and giving women possibilities of work outside
of the home. Mrs. Perkins Stetson proposes
as a compromise, that every mother, pedagogi-
cally qualified, shall take care of a group of
children along with her own. But what her
own children will receive under such condi-
tions is sufficiently shown in the case of those
poor children who grow up in educational in-
stitutions presided over by their parents; and
also by the experience of the poor parents who
are not able under these conditions to look
after their own children.
The creche and the kindergarten were and
continue to be a blessing undoubtedly for those
innumerable mothers who work outside of*
their homes and are badly prepared for their
duties. Some type of kindergarten will per-
haps be necessary under particular circum-
stances as a partial substitute for the home, as,
for example, when a child has no companions
to play with, or when the mother herself is
disinclined or not able to educate the child.
This incapacity is ordinarily the result of an

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