CHAPTER XVI. 



MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS CONTINUED. 



I shall devote this chapter to specific prenatal 

 training by maternal impressions. I shall indi- 

 cate as nearly as possible the periods when the 

 several elements of the child's mind seem most 

 easily influenced. The methods of training out- 

 lined are intended merely as guides, not as arbi- 

 trary rules. I am conscious that the suggestions 

 offered in the preceding chapters as well as those 

 to be given in the present are open to criticism, 

 however, I trust that they will prove helpful to 

 those who desire to improve themselves or their 

 offspring. 



The brain is most easily molded during em- 

 bryonic development. Repeated thoughts, emo- 

 The Formative tions, suggestions, or images will change its form 

 and structure even late in life, but the older the 

 brain, other things being equal, the less susceptible 

 it is to impression and change. A child's brain 

 and character are more easily molded than are 

 Prenatal Impres-the adult's. The younger the child the greater 

 Potential?* * ts susce ptibility. Prenatal impressions are more 

 potential than postnatal. When the brain areas 

 are forming it is possible for the mother by the 

 assiduous exercise of mental powers to greatly 

 modify the hereditary tendencies and to improve 

 the mentality of her child. 



