The Family 163 



of monogamous marriage puts the home as the 

 centre of family life, and all must recognize that 

 here is the best place for child training. The 

 home properly organized also elevates women 

 and promotes religion. All remedial efforts 

 both individual and social, must begin in the 

 home, and, if results are to be enduring, must 

 likewise end there. 



As the child has done so fnuch in the evolu- 

 tion of the family and of civilization itself, it 

 it is evident that parents have a most important 

 duty in training the young and developing a 

 normal familj' life. To this end, parents should 

 see more of their children in order to study 

 their individual needs and possibilities. Too 

 often they are early relegated to nurses and 

 governesses, and later to pedagogues who can- 

 not have the personal interest that should be 

 possessed by parents. 



During infancy and early childhood, the 

 mother is frequently Avilling to trust the child 

 to an ignorant nursemaid of the peasant type, 

 who has not had a proper training for this im- 

 portant service. Preparation and education 



