A PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORS REPRESENTED IN PARENTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS LYMAN ABBOTT, Editor of the "Outlook." FELIX ADLER, Professor of Political and Social Ethics, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N. Y. EDWARD E. ALLEN, Supt. PERKINS' INSTITUTE AND MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. MRS. THEODORE BIRNEY, First President of the National CAROLINE SHERWIN BAILEY, Lecturer on Story-telling for the FREDRIC G. BONSER, Asst. Professor in Industrial Education, LLEWELLYN F. BARKER, Prof. of Medicine, JOHNS HOPKINS THOS. H. BALLIETT, Prof. Science of Education and Dean of WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, Wash. HENRY F. COPE, General Secretary, Religious Education Association. EMYLIN LINCOLN COOLIDGE, Visiting Physician, BABIES' HOSPITAL, N. Y. PHILANDER P. CLAXTON, United States Commissioner of Education. FLOY CAMPBELL, Head of Department of Art Instruction for Porto Rico. SUSAN F. CHASE, Dept. of Psychology, BUFFALO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, N. Y. CHARLES B. DAVENPORT, Director Stu. for Experimental Evolution (CARNEGIE INSTITUTE) Cold Springs Harbor, N. Y. EUGENE DAVENPORT, Director Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Thermatology, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. GEORGE K. DODSON, Vice-president of the American Federation for Sex Hygiene. HANNAH A. DAVIDSON, Former Lecturer on Literary Art in Fiction at WELLESLEY AND MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGES. ELLA V. DOBBS, Instructor in Manual Arts, MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY. LIDA B. EARHART, Instructor in Elementary Education, TEACHERS' COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. EDWARD T. FAIRCHILD, President National Education Association. MARY H. FEE, Director U. S. Division of Correspondence for CAROLINE L. HUNT, Author of "Home Problems from a New Standpoint." WILLIAM HARD, on the staff of "Everybody's" and the "Delineator." G. STANLEY HALL, Pres. and Prof. of Psychology, CLARK UNI- MARIE HOFER, Well-known Lecturer on Kindergarten Music, and DAVID STARR JORDAN, President Emeritus of LELAND STANFORD CARL KELSEY, America. BEN B. LINDSEY, Judge of Denver Juvenile Court. CHARLOTTE BLATCHLEY MCCALL, Former District Supervisor of Physical Culture, Mass. J. H. MCCURDY, Lecturer on Physiology of Exercise, HARVARD FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT, for many years Head of the M. V. O'SHEA, Prof. of the Science of Education, UNIVERSITY OF DAVID PHILIPSON, Rabbi, B'nai Israel Congregation, Cincinnati. CAROLINE L. PRATT, Inventor of Do-With Toys. FLORA ROSE, Dept. of Household Economics STATE AGRICULTURAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT. LYMAN BEECHER STOWE, Sec. National Associations of Junior Republics. CHARLES W. SALEEBY, Edinburgh, Author of "Parenthood and Race Culture." E. HERSHEY SNEATHE, Prof. of Philosophy of Religion, YALE UNIVERSITY. WALTER SPALDING, Asst. Prof. of Music, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. KATHERINE STILLWELL, School of Education, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. DUDLEY ALLEN SARGENT, Director Hemenway Gymnasium, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. HANNAH K. SCHOFF, Pres. National Congress of Mothers. Teacher and Lecturer on Art. GRAHAM TAYLOR, Head of Chicago Commons; Associate Editor "The Survey." RICHARD THOS. WYCHE, Pres. National Story-tellers' League. FLORENCE E. WARD, Supervisor of Kindergarten Training, IOWA STATE TEACHERS' COLLEGE. LEO WIENER, Prof, Slavic Languages, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. LUCY WHEELOCK, Pres. BOSTON KINDERGARTEN NORMAL SCHOOL. WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States. THE MAKING OF A LIFE, J. George Becht..... 19 For money only-For the good of all-The humble CHAPTER II TAKING THE HOME IN RELIGIOUS TERMS, Ills of the modern home symptomatic-Modern con- veniences cannot make the real home-We need training in sufficient domestic motives-Danger of putting too much emphasis on the tools of child welfare-The home an institution with a religious purpose-Making the home count for high char- acter-Religious uses of the home's activities and duties-The home must stand for service-The home must mean the higher duties in the hands of par- CHAPTER III HOW TO DIRECT THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE HOME, E. Hershey The child naturally religious-The subject matter of religion-The aim of religious education-The method of religious education-Useful literature- ONE MOTHER'S SIMPLE METHOD OF RE- LIGIOUS TRAINING, Annie R. Ramsay.... Moral training for the formation of habits-Habits fixed before the twelfth year The moralities founded on religion-Bible lessons adapted to va- rious failings-Arnold's definition of religion. ADAPTING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TO HU- Course which the human mind pursues from infancy to maturity-How to adapt religious education to this growth-How to start-Positive and negative teaching-Altruism must be the continued sugges- tion-Positivism better than negation in construct- ing laws-Embodiment of goodness in a concrete personality the best lesson-Learning about the Heavenly Father-Proceeding from the concrete to the abstract-How this stage is provided for-Sun- day school teachers must have special training-The CHAPTER VI A BOY'S RELIGION, Rev. J. H. Miller.... Ten years old and upward-The first pitched-battle of obedience-Central things in a boy's religion- The new forces offered by going to school-Boys not interested in theology-Uselessness of stories of good little boys-Reality-Naturalness-Honor CHAPTER VII THE CHURCH LIVING WITH ITS CHILDREN, No impression without expression-Parties-Story -Girl choirs-The Captains of Ten-Boy Scouts- The Brotherhood of David-The Boy's Brigade- Boy choirs Church gymnasiums - The church camp-Knights of King Arthur-Educational classes-The church dormitory-Much social work encourages selfishness-Brotherhood of St. Andrew THE VISUAL LESSONS ON MORALS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR MORAL IN- STRUCTION, Milton Fairchild... The use of vital interest in moral education-What vital interest is-What the material for moral in- CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X The growth of popular appreciation of music in America-Necessity of developing ideality-Music has great educational value-The vanishing value of "facts"-Practical value of the imagination. CHAPTER XI THE CHILD IN MUSIC, Marie Hofer.... The tendency in music today-How we endeavor to counteract this tendency-The influence of song— The emotive forces of the child valuable-The need of the American child-The pedagogic attitude- The problem in musical training-The essence of |