“Often there’s no help in the home, but there are neighbors and friends and the people at nurseries and day-care centers. All of them help a child to learn to get along with all sorts of people and become more independent. Seeing people encourages him to make decisions for himself. When he sees his parents at his own special time of the day he enjoys them more than if they were underfoot all the time.” IndependenceRaising ChildrenRaising KidsIndependent Child Book:My Way of Life Source: My Way of Life
“She was an afterthought, little Martha. She was treated the way many families treated pet dogs - she had to be fed and cleaned every now and then, but she was left to her own devices for the most part.” ChildrenPetsAfterthoughtLittle GirlsIndependent ChildAfterthoughts Book:Hardtack: A Civil War Story Source: Hardtack: A Civil War Story