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 (40)
101 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Corporal Punishment
708
202 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Needless Denials
975
303 - The Inhumanities of Parents - Rudeness
1001
404 - Breaking the Will
961
505 - The Reign of Archelaus
809
606 - The Awkward Age
549
707 - A Day With a Courteous Mother
555
808 - Children in Novia Scotia
493
909 - The Republic of the Family
647
1010 - The Ready-to-Halts
379
1111 - The Descendants of Nabal
647
1212 - "Boys Not Allowed"
522
1313 - Half an Hour in a Railway Station
555
1414 - A Genius for Affection
520
1515 - Rainy Days
596
1616 - Friends of the Prisoners
472
1717 - A Companion for the Winter
576
1818 - Choice of Colors
344
1919 - The Apostle of Beauty
645
2020 - English Lodging-Houses
541
2121 - Wet the Clay
437
2222 - The King's Friend
297
2323 - Learning to Speak
379
2424 - Private Tyrants
572
2525 - Margin
286
2626 - The Fine Art of Smiling
453
2727 - Death-bed Repentance
431
2828 - The Correlation of Moral Forces
346
2929 - A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner
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