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Title: Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Cromie, William J. (William James), 1877-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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An object-lesson may be gainedfrom a simple nursery game in which two ormore children are playing. The game loses in-terest if a child gives away point after pointwithout striving to win. On the other hand, theplayers become disgusted if one tries to win or^corner the game by cheating or lying. Chil-dren in early life do not deUberately do wrong.They are getting their moral bearings throughplay; they make slips and mistakes, follow theUne of least resistance, and consequently shouldbe guided and helped to self-guidance. Thepunishment of the child, therefore, should havebut one object, viz., its good. It should be theswitching of a train of moral thought from theside-track back to the main hne, and the danger-signals should be explained. It is doubtful ifslapping or flogging of children by parents whileangry is ever productive of good. Nature haslaws, and inflicts a penalty for their violation.A hot coal will bum, a live wire will shock, anda keen edge will cut. Nature does not excuse
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Fig. 32.—Leg-Lift ExerciseThe parent should hold the hand at a certain place andhave the child endeavor to lift the legs till the hand istouched. Each day hold the hand further away till thechild is turning over as in Fig. 33. Exercise for the Growing Child 83 on account of ignorance, but demands that onebe punished for breaking her laws. The punish-ment is ever in terms of the law, whether it ismarked in plain figures or in a cipher code whichrequires a knowledge of the moral key to in-terpret it. The child should be taught to reahzethis; he should know that punishment is just.If he has willfully cut or broken, he must restorein some way. The knife that carved initials onthe parlor furniture must be taken away for awhile; the child must be deprived of play whilehe tries to oil or polish the furniture in order torestore it in part to its original condition. Thisteaches a double lesson: he is deprived of theknife he values and he sacrifices pleasure fromhis play period. If he hurts,

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