LIST OF PLATES
| Training in Mothercraft, at the School of Mothercraft, New York City | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Approved Baby Clothing and Bassinet | [62] |
| Approved Crib, Scales, Nursery Table. Holding the Baby, Supporting Head and Back | [74] |
| Approved Baby Carriage and Shoes | [76] |
| Drugs and Unsanitary Appliances. Unhygienic Equipment and Unsatisfactory Scales | [80] |
| For the Layette | [82] |
| Exercises for the Baby | [114] |
| Good and Bad Postures | [142] |
| Exercises for Trunk, Chest and Back | [144] |
| Some Especially Dangerous Foods for Children under Six. Poisons for Little Children | [164] |
| Wholesome Sweets at Suitable Ages. Laxative Foods | [174] |
| Day’s Menu for Child Two to Four Years. Day’s Menu for Child Four to Six Years | [182] |
| Learning Self-reliance and Regularity. At the School of Mothercraft Summer Camp | [212] |
| Unhygienic, Inartistic, Anti-social Toys. Hygienic, Durable, Constructive, Social Toys | [290] |
| Handwork that Utilizes Fundamental Muscles. In the School of Mothercraft Child Garden | [320] |
| Height and Weight Charts | [370] |
THE MOTHERCRAFT MANUAL
CHAPTER I
MOTHERCRAFT: ITS MEANING, SCOPE, AND SPIRIT
“To know a child is to love it, and the more we know it, the better we love it.
“To know, love, and serve childhood is the most satisfying, soul-filling of all human activities.
“It rests on the oldest and strongest and sanest of all instincts.
“It gives to our lives a rounded-out completeness as does no other service.
“No other object is so worthy of service and sacrifice; and the fullness of the measure in which this is rendered is the very best test of a nation and race and a civilization.”
—G. Stanley Hall.