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The mother's book

Lydia Maria Child

191 pages~3 hr 48 min read40 chapters$4.99
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Advice for mothers in 1831 barely existed in print until Lydia Maria Child wrote this. The famous author covers the bodily senses, the affections, intellect and attention, management, playthings and books, treating early childhood as the mind's most important season. A founding classic of American parenting literature. Where the genre began.

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40 chapters

  1. 1LIST OF BOOKS
  2. 2THE MOTHER’S BOOK.
  3. 3PREFACE.
  4. 4INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5CONTENTS.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. THE BODILY SENSES.
  7. 7CHAP. II. THE AFFECTIONS.
  8. 8CHAP. III. INTELLECT.—ATTENTION.
  9. 9CHAP. IV. MANAGEMENT.
  10. 10FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11CHAP. V. PLAYTHINGS.—AMUSEMENTS.—EMPLOYMENTS.
  12. 12CHAP. VI. THE SABBATH.—RELIGION.
  13. 13CHAPTER VII. BOOKS.
  14. 14For Children Four or Five Years Old.
  15. 15For Children Five or Six Years Old.
  16. 16For Children Seven or Eight Years Old.
  17. 17For Children Nine or Ten Years Old.
  18. 18For Children Eleven and Twelve Years Old.

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