The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
TRIfNfNG IND DISCIPLINE.
Necessary Elements In the Physical DeVei-
opment of a Child.


After n child IS a year old the measures
10 he adopted for the prevention OF as
ease and the preservation OF uniformly
Good health can no longer be given }"
simple and universal rules. youns ~ ~
FAINT is an unreasoning animal anu VIZ. -.
IL the physical conditions alone u'Su ~
he considered. It's food h simple ana SIM
plv administered. and beyond the general
desire for physical comfort ana satiSlac-
ton il expresses no preferences ana CUM
vevs no criticism of our methods.
But after il is a year old chlld peslnS
the differentiation toward more coinPH-
cated existence. After that age chll1 -
no longer an animated stomach. IL nas
already found its hands and learned tnal
they can clutch and grasp; IL mas uiscoH
cred It's feet. and Is fast learning Tue ar
If 1ocomOtiOn. il has become an apt pupll
I'm tho lesson OF language, that instrument
of all Intellectual progress. IL has forinu-
lated the ego: and. after the knowledge
that Il am" is once defined, II soon con-
ceives the second lesson OF ~
Within a short time the i want io",
1l,,,od nv an Il ought and with TINS mo-
g,oe,,tfon the triple development or lhe
nhvsical mental. and moral natures prJ
Frsss Nor I'm any consideration OF ciliu-
hood from whatever standpoint can -,
three simultaneous ana hleIuci, -
lines of development DC sep"Ia.TS' M
eidored If we discuss intellectual euuc@-
ton we find its success ever depehoSu1
,,non the phvslcal condition, ana lncapup'e
~ tho HIGHEST attainment except III w
I prosence of "A normal moral sense IL W
/ consider moral development We mo II III
oxfricaflv complicated with that OF 'he
/ intellectual and physical natures. lin,
So i'm considering. as we M present n'' ~,
"a do the measures that must pr lah'x
| during childhood for the preservation Vi
| Tho best health and the prdctlcal tlii",
/ nathan of infantile diseases. we ma II
, imnossible 10 consider the physlcal aiion,'
hut even nj tho risk OF seeming super i i'
I must touch. at least I'm many points uppn
| tho mental and moral training Oh Az
] child It's uhvsical health IS Always ne
I nondent upon proper mental and moral
| raining Every physician, TOR lhstaincc'
| encounters In his practice among cnlluiv en-
! cases of illness which terminate latally
| einnlv because the child is SO willful ana
| undisciplined that his struggles against
| the prescribed and necessary course Oh
| treatment turn to the fatal issue the
/ evcnlv balanced scales I'm which are
] weighed the alternatives Of life ana death'
J So the chronic habit Of disobedience or ug
ceit on the part Of the child may neu't"i
/ i've the parents best efforts for It's physl-
/ cal Improvement. And fretfulness' k.ne
| ,silv a result Of disease. Is not inirc-
( quently. when II becomes a hNen n..Dl \,
/ also one OF the causes OF Illness, or az
rost Of chronic IN health Any discus
/ SION therefore. which deals solely WIN
! ,he phvsical precautions for the preNch-
/ fion OF disease must be absolutely made
/ ouate To obtain the desired result II ~
/ necessary 10 touch upon mental educa-
| lion and moral training. at least as tar as
/ thev are involved I'm home discipline and
| upon musements.-Iiarper's Bazaar.