The mother’s preparation as guide and protector of her children.—Safeguards for tiny babyhood.—Cleanliness, regularity, chafing, pin worms, servants, nurse girls, etc., etc.—How to teach and guard them during childhood.—Safeguarding the children with knowledge.—Inborn curiosity concerning physical mysteries.—How to meet these questions.—Sleeping alone.—How to correct vice where it exists. The duty of physicians to the public.—Symptoms which call for parental watchfulness.—Results of secret vice.—Rewards of parental vigilance, 237-244 CHAPTER XXII. THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN. The training which develops talents.—When child-training should begin.—The training of her children the mother’s all-important calling.—The influence of the mother’s own character and life.—The children imitators of their parents.—Importance of earliest training.—Spoiled children.—Children’s rights.—The proper correction of children.—Broken promises and parental falsehoods.—Value of tact in parental discipline.—Value of parental sympathy.—The mother, herself, the best gift to her children.—The choice of books and stories.—The choice of companions for the children.—Toys, sports and amusements.—An appeal to mothers, 245-262 CHAPTER XXIII. BODY-BUILDING. Our duty to nourish, strengthen and build up strong bodies.—Eradicating inherited infirmities.—Children inherit the permanent states of their parents.—The parents’ duty to those who are not well born.—What has been accomplished along these lines.—The relation of babies’ clothing and food to physical growth.—Unwise feeding.—The laws of nutrition.—The relation of food to national greatness.—A list of good foods.—The relation of exercise to appetite.—Comparative value of meat and vegetables.—Importance of rest and sleep.—Regular sleeping hours.—Schools and nervousness in children.—Many children are not properly nourished.—Food poorly prepared and poorly served.—The importance of hygienic cooking.—The cause of weak eyes in children.—Children and bare feet.—The dosing of children with nostrums.—The use of brandy and wine in cooking, 263-285 CHAPTER XXIV. MOTHERS’ MEETINGS, STUDY CLUBS AND BOOKS. The awakening along new lines.—A better brand of mothers.—Books that will help along this line.—Mothers’ clubs as factors.—Their need in cities, villages, and rural communities.—A rich mine, 287-292 CHAPTER I. INTELLIGENCE OF THE YOUNG WIFE.