This book is a collection of short observations by Helen Hunt Jackson, several with children and parenting as the subject matter. (Summary by ashleighjane)
Chapters
1 01 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Corporal Punishment 12 min 2 02 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Needless Denials 16 min 3 03 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Rudeness 17 min 4 04 - Breaking the Will 16 min 5 05 - The Reign of Archelaus 13 min 6 06 - The Awkward Age 9 min 7 07 - A Day With a Courteous Mother 9 min 8 08 - Children in Novia Scotia 8 min 9 09 - The Republic of the Family 11 min 10 10 - The Ready-to-Halts 6 min 11 11 - The Descendants of Nabal 11 min 12 12 - "Boys Not Allowed" 9 min 13 13 - Half an Hour in a Railway Station 9 min 14 14 - A Genius for Affection 9 min 15 15 - Rainy Days 10 min 16 16 - Friends of the Prisoners 8 min 17 17 - A Companion for the Winter 10 min 18 18 - Choice of Colors 6 min 19 19 - The Apostle of Beauty 11 min 20 20 - English Lodging-Houses 9 min 21 21 - Wet the Clay 7 min 22 22 - The King's Friend 5 min 23 23 - Learning to Speak 6 min 24 24 - Private Tyrants 10 min 25 25 - Margin 5 min 26 26 - The Fine Art of Smiling 8 min 27 27 - Death-bed Repentance 7 min 28 28 - The Correlation of Moral Forces 6 min 29 29 - A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner 7 min 30 30 - Children's Parties 7 min 31 31 - After-Supper Talk 6 min 32 32 - Hysteria in Literature 10 min 33 33 - Jog Trot 6 min 34 34 - The Joyless American 6 min 35 35 - Spiritual Teething 8 min 36 36 - Glass Houses 7 min 37 37 - The Old-Clothes Monger in Journalism 5 min 38 38 - The Country Landlord's Side 11 min 39 39 - The Good Staff of Pleasure 9 min 40 40 - Wanted - a Home 13 min
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