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The Child in the Midst; A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands

The Child in the Midst; A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1914 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. THE CHILD AT PLAY AND AT WORK 'Boys and girls playing in the streets thereof." Questions concerning play and work--Two great movements, Playground movement and Child Labor movement--The importance of play--Children at play in Japan--Games known the world over--Children at play in Africa--in the desert--Why play stops so early in nonChristian lands--Need of the "Spirit of Play" in children and parents--The message of a doll--Child labor--Bedouin and African girls at work--Children at work in many lands--Child slavery--Rescue homes for slave children--Defective and dependent children--Orphans and orphanages--Famine waifs--Blind, deaf and dumb children--Homes for untainted children of lepers--A crime in the name of civilization--The Child in the Midst. CHAPTER III. THE CHILD AT PLAY AND AT WORK "Boys and girls playing in the streets thereof." What is play? What are the advantages and disadvantages of How would you answer play? these questions? At what age would you wish your child to stop playing? What would be the physical and moral consequences to a child who practically stopped playing at or before the age of ten years? At what age would you advise that a child begin to work for commercial profit? If it is good for the children in whom you are interested to have time and opportunity for play, how far would the same rule hold good for other children in America? For children of other countries? Name the countries in which defective and dependent children may be neglected or overworked without danger to world-welfare. Reversing the stereotyped text-book arrangement, we place our questions at the beginning rather than at the end of this chapter. Every thoughtful woman is begged to stop and answer these questions, --in writing, if feasible, --as fully...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151196439
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 66
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151196436
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 136 gr


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