Talks to Mothers (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill THE SOUL OF A CHILD "Who is there among you, if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?" DID you share in the Child-welfare campaign in 1918? At the beginning of the year we were sending our sons and brothers and husbands to join in the Great War to make the world a safe place for little children to live in. The homes and the mothers must keep it a safe place. The strength of a nation is the health of a nation, and the health of a nation depends on good babies. During Children's Year babies in every city and town were weighed and measured. Mothers were told how to feed and clothe their children. They were told of the need of fresh air and open windows at night. They learned the need of pure milk. They learned the importance of regular hours of feeding. They found out how dangerous it is to give solid food to a baby. We know now that we can measure a baby's good condition by its increase in weight, so we must watch for the proper gain in size and weight. You know that your first care is to secure a sound body for your child. Do not forget, however, its other needs. Your child can love and think. You must give it, not only bread for its little body, but the bread of life. During Children's Year, a Children's Cottage was established on Boston Common. The house was open daily to mothers and other visitors. Nurses and teachers were in attendance to answer questionsand give information. Charts and diagrams were hung on the walls to show food values, to show how to keep the milk and other foods safe and clean. A doll was used to teach mothers how to bathe and dress a baby. Nurses gave demonstrations of the best treatment of a sick child. All this was to secure good health and growth. One member of the Committee insisted that to this exhibit another should be adde...