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Concerning Children

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"The 'habit of obedience, ' forced in upon the impressible nature of a child, does not develope judgment and will, but does develope that fatal facility in following other people's judgment and other people's wills which tends to make us a helpless mob, mere sheep, instead of wise, free, strong individuals. The habit of submission to authority, the long, deeply impressed conviction that to 'be good' is to 'give up, ' that there is virtue in the act of surrender, --this is one of the sources from which we continually replenish human weakness, and fill the world with an inert mass of mind-less, will-less folk, pushed and pulled about by those whom they obey."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: May 27th, 2017
  • Pages: 142
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.30in - 0.44lb
  • EAN: 9781546914181
  • Categories: Education

About the Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) was a prominent American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform.