The development of the child / by Nathan Oppenheim.

  • Nathan Oppenheim
Date:
1898
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Credit: The development of the child / by Nathan Oppenheim. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in Michigan, under a still more rigorous rule, only one in ten thousand required support. To clinch the argu- ment on the other side, one might cite the case of New Hampshire, which recently decided to support dependent children in private institutions at the public expense, with the same freedom from restrictions as one sees in New York and California. As one would expect, the regular results of increased dependence began to assert themselves. In addition, it is in place to quote the success of the Lyman School and the State Industrial School at Lancaster, both carried on under the methods in use in Massachusetts, where the success has been noteworthy. They have proved how possible it is to reduce the evils from which society has so long suffered, to convert worthless material into approximately valuable material, to make a large proportion of the deserted, the abused, the practically brutalized population into decent citizens. Such a change is a truly remarkable one, and has a bearing upon the future welfare and improvement of society that cannot be too highly appreciated. Keeping these instances in mind, and combining them with the more theoretical truths of a child’s development which we know, the way in which the wards of the State should be brought up is fairly clear. All thought of massing them in large insti- tutions, whether conducted under private or public management, should be absolutely put aside. The