Mental development and education . es. But these latter arejust the articles that are eaten by the poorer children which thiswoman says are healthier than her The poorer childrenmay have better teeth than the richer children, provided, ofcourse, that they make use of the toothbrush. They can eatcoarse food without digestive disturbance, simply because vigorof digestion goes with a rough muscular life. The out-in-the-open children have rosier cheeks than the well-cared-for indoorschildren because they are exposed to rougher weather. Nature 74 MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION has to send t
Mental development and education . es. But these latter arejust the articles that are eaten by the poorer children which thiswoman says are healthier than her The poorer childrenmay have better teeth than the richer children, provided, ofcourse, that they make use of the toothbrush. They can eatcoarse food without digestive disturbance, simply because vigorof digestion goes with a rough muscular life. The out-in-the-open children have rosier cheeks than the well-cared-for indoorschildren because they are exposed to rougher weather. Nature 74 MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION has to send the blood to the skin to protect it against wind andstorm. Persons who Hve indoors acquire pale cheeks becausethey do not need a different kind. The New York womans children would probably have throatand lung trouble if they should get their feet wet, whereas theHardening poorer children might have their feet wet every daythe body j^^^^ gtill nothing would happen to them. Why?Because they have become toughened through exposure. The. Fig. 66. — Vigorous competitive games develop endurance. (See exercise g, page 393.) Spartans deliberately hardened their children in this manner,and many a student of childhood from Locke down to our ownday has advised parents not to coddle their children, butrather to expose them to a certain extent from the very begin-ning and develop their resistance to harsh experience. A child who has not been allowed to go out-of-doors duringNovember, December or January without a heavy coat andovershoes may catch his death of cold if he runs out by accidentin February without protection, for the reason that nature hasdeveloped his whole organism on the assumption that he wouldalways be protected, and she cannot change so important amatter as this in a day. OVERSTRAIN IN EDUCATION 275 It would have been well if this woman had begun hardeningher children from the start, not because they are to live a lifeof hardship, but because it is impossible to prevent so
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