Importance of the Child 7 



gives food for thought. There must be a 

 sustained and prolonged effort all along the line 

 for improving these conditions. 



What is the way out? Many foolish and 

 inadequate theories are advanced, but even- 

 tually it must come through the child. The 

 present nerve-shattered generation may get 

 along as best it may, but we must start at the 

 foundations and build a better, stronger race 

 for the future. We can try and beget a sounder 

 generation and so train it as to secure strong 

 bodies, steady nerves, broad judgment and wide 

 vision. We can only avoid a threatened racial 

 impoverislunent through the child. Not only 

 is the physical development supremely impor- 

 tant in the opening years, but mental and moral 

 impressions experienced during this period, al- 

 though often forgotten, may deeply affect 

 later life. 



The future of the world depends on the child. 

 All advance, all the new orientation the world 

 has hoped for and largely failed in attaining, 

 may come in the new generation if the chil- 



