Training the Child Before School Age

The difficulty of training children is well-nigh proverbial. To this task perhaps more than to any other the telling Dutch proverb is often applied: "The best skippers are those looking on from shore." And we have perhaps heard the moral story of the man who went to his neighbor, the father of twelve, with a complaint that he could not manage his child and would like some advice. "Oh, but you are at the wrong address," said the well-blessed parent. "I recommend to you the neighbor across the...