CHAPTER II 



THE TIME TO BUILD 



WE shall continue to assume that the reader, if a 

 parent, is thinking of his child as being in the posi- 

 tion of one whose character requires constant atten- 

 tion in order that it may be built up through the 

 right sort of training and the right sort of practices. 

 Just as certainly as there is a best time in the season 

 to plow corn and also a time not to plow, as there is 

 a time to plow deep and another time to plow shal- 

 low, so there is unquestionably a best time to give 

 the child any particular form of training or to with- 

 hold it. In general, it may be said that the most 

 effective training in respect to the human young is 

 that which centers most closely around the childish 

 interests and instincts. 



WHAT OF THE HUMAN INSTINCTS 



By observing critically for a few days the conduct 

 of an infant child, one may notice two or three pro- 

 nounced instincts at work producing helpful results 

 in the little life. 



1. There is the instinct to nurse, which is so funda- 

 mental in securing the food with which to sustain 

 and build up the body. 



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