Article February 1, 1900 Issue

Playthings that Educate

Boston Herald

Children are imitative, and their minds are built up by the impressions which they receive, says, Dr. Paul Carus, editor of the Monist and the Open Court.

The first impressions made on a child's mind are especially important, as they form the basis of all later impressions and remain for a long time, and sometimes forever, the standard by which they are measured. Should we not, therefore, exercise the greatest care, and instead of leaving the mental impressions of children to accident, see to it that they are throughout correct?

The first education of babies is, on the whole, left to uneducated nurses, who sometimes have not the slightest idea of the sacredness of their trust, and know very little of the right treatment of infants.

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