The mental hygiene of childhood / [William A. White].

  • William Alanson White
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[1919], ©1919
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Credit: The mental hygiene of childhood / [William A. White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MENTAL HYGIENE OF CHILDHOOD Chapter I The Child BEFORE entering upon the discus¬ sion of the real subject matter of this book, the mental hygiene of childhood, I feel that it will serve to assist in an appreciation of the principles in¬ volved if the reader to start with has a somewhat more comprehensive idea of the child than that usually held, of its rela¬ tion to the past by heredity, and of its promise for the future by the fullest pos¬ sible development of all of its powers as an adult. As a rule we do not look upon the child from such a broad platform, per¬ haps seeing only in some physical or men¬ tal qualities or characteristics traits which we recognize as family peculiarities, thus linking the child with its progenitors by