This is a very interesting old book. Its principles may appear to be old-fashioned, however, they are still applicable today. This book was published in 1952 by The Viking Press, New York. The book measures 5 5/8 inches by 8 ˝ inches and contains ix, 368 pages. The tan cloth pictorial cover shows signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. The cover shows signs of slight soiling and the spine is somewhat discolored. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. There is a small sticker on the back cover. The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this 50 year old book is good plus.

Excerpt – Preface and acknowledgements:
We, as parents, have written this book to express our faith in parents, to assert our belief that, with the knowledge and understanding now becoming available, parents can do more than ever to help their children grow up and become healthy personalities.

Central in our traditions is the belief in the worth of the individual personality, the conviction of the dignity of man, woman, and child, the faith in the power of love to evoke man’s potentialities for peaceful, fruitful living. We have been alarmed, as no doubt other parents have, by the increasing number of clinical studies, newspaper stories, and first-hand reports of the aggressive destruction, the anti-social acts, of children and youth. These are evidence of a great human loss—a wastage of children who at one time possessed or who still possess potentialities for being sound, worth-while citizens and mature men and women. We feel that for as long as man continues to exist, these potentialities will exist, that this distortion of children’s lives can be reduced by positive effort on the part of the people who are closest to children…
End excerpt – Don’t you think that these words could have been written today?

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