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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

A very young baby is capable of being taught that it is useless to cry unless he is really suffering. If he learns that lesson in infancy, he will be able to meet the little disappointments and discourage­ments which come later on without crying and mak­ing a scene. By the time the child is five or six probably three fourths of his behavior is the result of habits already formed. His parents have either allowed his habits to be formed at random or they have consciously striven to develop them. In view of the fact that the habits are being developed at this time, whether or not any deliberate attempt is being made at habit formation, most parents will realize the need of definitely assisting in the process of character-building. "Better Babies" societies are doing a great work in educating the public as to the necessity of caring for the child's physical welfare. In the light of what has just been said it will be evident that such movements, whether or not they are consciously striving to do so, make a decided contribution to the character

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