Project Gutenberg 2022-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 211 Child, Lydia Maria 1802 1880 Child, Lydia Maria Francis Francis, Lydia Maria Child, L. Maria (Lydia Maria) Child, D. L., Mrs. Child, Mrs. D. L. Child, Mrs. David Lee Child, David Lee, Mrs. The mother's book $aUnited States :$bC. S. Francis & Co.,$c1846. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Mother’s Book" by Lydia Maria Child is a parenting guide focused on child rearing and education, written in the mid-19th century. The book addresses the importance of a mother's influence on her child's development, touching on topics like emotional care, education, and the cultivation of affection and intellect. Child's work aims to provide practical advice for mothers aiming to raise well-adjusted and educated children, emphasizing the natural bond and responsibility mothers have in shaping their offspring. The opening of "The Mother’s Book" introduces the author’s intent to guide mothers through the early stages of their children's lives, highlighting the significance of a mother’s actions, attitudes, and emotions on a child's future character. It argues that early experiences profoundly shape a child's dispositions, suggesting practical approaches for engaging a child’s senses and intellect. Child emphasizes the need for gentleness, patience, and a nurturing environment, discussing strategies for encouraging curiosity and correcting negative behaviors without harshness. Through advice grounded in observations of human behavior, the text sets the stage for detailed lessons on effective parenting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/mothersbook1844chil/ 20220617181846child 1846 US Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Children -- Conduct of life Child rearing Mother and child HQ Text Category: How To ... Category: Parenthood & Family Relations Category: Teaching & Education 357918 2025-07-27T11:16:35.470640 text/html 334372 2024-10-19T01:56:17 text/html 416375 2025-07-27T11:16:41.788607 application/epub+zip 413867 2025-07-27T11:16:36.957664 application/epub+zip 273469 2025-07-27T11:16:36.127657 application/epub+zip 809249 2025-07-27T11:16:45.300662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 778764 2025-07-27T11:16:41.129608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326523 2025-07-27T11:16:34.813678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 306611 2024-10-19T01:56:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16917 2025-07-27T11:16:45.464572 application/rdf+xml 15617 2025-07-27T11:16:36.433649 image/jpeg 2567 2025-07-27T11:16:36.278615 image/jpeg 612415 2025-07-27T11:16:35.504673 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