. The science of eugenics and sex life, the regeneration of the human race ... of nature, some ex-posure to the elements, anxiety, worry, and a hundred othercauses that lessen the resistance or, as some say: destroythe vitality. The child is overfed or underfed, it is restricted physi-cally or mentally and becomes warped, loses ambition, be-comes weak and timid, and loses the vital force that enableshim to become a man to be proud of. He need never havehad any so-called childrens diseases. They are not es-sential to any child, and they are always the results of neg-lect, exposure, and uncomfor
. The science of eugenics and sex life, the regeneration of the human race ... of nature, some ex-posure to the elements, anxiety, worry, and a hundred othercauses that lessen the resistance or, as some say: destroythe vitality. The child is overfed or underfed, it is restricted physi-cally or mentally and becomes warped, loses ambition, be-comes weak and timid, and loses the vital force that enableshim to become a man to be proud of. He need never havehad any so-called childrens diseases. They are not es-sential to any child, and they are always the results of neg-lect, exposure, and uncomfortable surroundings. It is forthe mother to strive for good conditions, better environ-ments, and sanitary appliances. Our laws are becomingmore and more efficient every day to help her obtain bene-fits that will enable her to rear her beloved offspring, sothat he will be a pleasure and a joy to her as long as shelives. THE BRAIN OF AN INFANTDEVELOPING THE BRAIN-AN EARLY STARTMAKES the CHILD A WINNER-ALL HEALTHYCHILDREN HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE-HOW TO INSPIRE THOUGHT AND CHAPTER IV. The Brain of an Infant ERY recent discoveries in the operation of thehuman brain, and in the cause of diseases whichaffect the human mind, have brought about aradical change in the methods of training themind of children, and bestowing upon them whatis familiarly known as an education. It is intimated in another chapter, that as a rule, allchildren when born stand upon the same plane as finishedproducts of nature, standards, so to speak, and if some ofthem fall below the natural standard, it is because theyhave been charged with infections taken in through theirlungs, or by way of the food put into their stomachs, orhave bad surroundings. Thousands of experiments demonstrate that the differ-ence between children is caused mainly by the poisons cre-ated in their bodies by the germs of disease, which attacktheir physical comfort, and affect their brain to a greateror less extent. We have learned t
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