Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young : Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young" by Jacob Abbott is a guide on child-rearing written during the late 19th century. The book explores the application of gentle yet authoritative methods in parenting, focusing on promoting obedience and moral development in children without resorting to violence or anger. At the start of the work, Abbott discusses three common modes of managing children-manoeuvring and artifice, reason and affection, and authoritative command. He emphasizes the necessity of absolute parental authority, arguing that gentle measures can be effectively used to establish and maintain this authority. Through illustrations and examples, he demonstrates how different methods impact children's behavior and emotional development, laying the groundwork for the principles he will elaborate on throughout the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Three modes of management

What are gentle measures?

There must be authority

Gentle punishment of disobedience

The philosophy of punishment

Rewarding obedience

The art of training

Methods exemplified

Della and the dolls

Sympathy I: The child with the parent

Sympathy II: The parent with the child

Commendation and encouragement

Faults of immaturity

The activity of children

The imagination in children

Truth and falsehood

Judgment and reasoning

Wishes and requests

Children's questions

The use of money

Corporal punishment

Gratitude in children

Religious training

Conclusion.

Credits:

Produced by Curtis Weyant, Valerine Blas and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Notes:

Reading ease score: 57.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2004-03-01