Dawn of Character_. Longmans, Green & Co.,
$1.20. A very important book, dealing especially with the moral
development of young children.
III. Training in the Home
William B. Forbush (ed.), _Guide Book to Childhood_. American
Institute of Child Life, Philadelphia, Pa. Very valuable as a guide
to reading on the many problems of child-training.
LeGrand Kerr, _The Care and Training of the Child_. Funk &
Wagnalls, $0.75. A good, general, brief study of the nature of the
child and the method of education.
William J. Shearer, _The Management and Training of the Child_.
Richardson, Smith & Co. A popular and practical statement of many
problems and their treatment in the home and school.
John Wirt Dinsmore, _The Training of Children_. American Book Co.
While written for school-teachers, this is one of the best studies
which parents could possibly read.
A.A. Berle, _The School in the Home_. Moffat, Yard & Co., $1.00.
Contains much valuable suggestion to parents who really desire to
take advantage of the educational opportunities of the home.
John Locke, _How to Train Up Your Children_. Sampson, Low, Marston
& Co., London. Written over two hundred years ago, and yet of very
great value in many parts to day.
*William B. Forbush, _The Coming Generation_. D. Appleton & Co.,
$1.50. Discusses the various aspects of child-training in the light
of the social consciousness of today. Many of the public agencies
for child betterment are carefully discussed.
*William A. McKeever, _Training the Girl_. Macmillan, $1.50.
*----, _Training the Boy_. Macmillan, $1.50. These two books
constitute one of the best collections of material, most practical
and helpful. They view girls and boys as active factors and all the
phases of home and community life are studied with reference to
their needs.
IV. Special Religious Training in the Home
*George Hodges, _The Training of the Child in Religion_. D.
Appleton & Co., $1.50. One of the few books dealing in any modern
manner with the special problems of the religious life of the
family.
Rev. William Becker, _Christian Education or The Duties of
Parents_. B. Herder, St. Louis, $1.00. Recent and interesting
sermons on the duties of parents in the religious education of the
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