Project Gutenberg
2003-11-01
Public domain in the USA.
137
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
1856
1923
Riggs, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Smith, Kate Douglas
Riggs, George Christopher, Mrs.
Wiggin, Samuel Bradley, Mrs.
Smith, Nora Archibald
1859
1934
Smith, Nora A. (Nora Archibald)
Children's Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic
The rights of the child -- Children's plays -- Children's playthings -- What shall children read? -- Children's stories / Nora A. Smith -- The relation of the kindergarten to social reform -- How shall we govern our children? / Nora A. Smith -- The magic of "together" / Nora A. Smith -- The relation of the kindergarten to the public school -- Other people's children.
Produced by Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
"Children's Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a collection of essays written in the late 19th century that explores the nature and importance of children's rights in education and upbringing. The work addresses various themes related to childhood, childhood experiences, and the responsibilities of parents and society in nurturing children, focusing on their rights to dignity, respect, and a joyful childhood. The opening of the book introduces the concept of children's rights, contrasting privileges and rights through dialogues with ordinary individuals. Through these interactions, the author emphasizes the importance of understanding and protecting the inherent rights of children amidst the complexities of parenting and societal expectations. The initial chapters set a serious tone, advocating for a reassessment of societal norms concerning children's upbringing, stressing that parents should act as guardians rather than owners of their children, and considering the child's developmental needs over adult preferences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
en
Child rearing
Children
Children's rights
HQ
Text
Children's Literature
Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading
Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society
Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations
282757
2025-06-19T23:07:36.162676
text/html
282726
282617
2024-11-05T04:28:36.413105
2023-10-05T05:26:58.979410
text/html
text/html
197990
2025-06-19T23:07:54.343143
application/epub+zip
200346
2025-06-19T23:07:45.828604
application/epub+zip
171006
2025-06-19T23:07:40.186664
application/epub+zip
394169
2025-06-19T23:08:01.782087
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
374993
2025-06-19T23:07:53.479083
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
289917
2022-09-05T07:33:59.620523
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
261968
2025-06-19T23:07:35.688676
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
242053
2024-10-28T17:43:39
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
13556
2025-06-19T23:08:02.082026
application/rdf+xml
18350
2025-06-19T23:07:45.120645
image/jpeg
4087
2025-06-19T23:07:44.834613
image/jpeg
194147
2025-06-19T23:07:36.188697
application/octet-stream
application/zip
Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at
https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog
en.wikipedia
en.wikipedia