Show first five years of life really determine mental condition of the adult by PROF ARNOLD GESELL director yale psycho clinic cunic the first five years of a childs life have moro more weight in determine de ing the mental condition of tho the adult than any equal length of time from the ago age of five to twenty four by making extensive studies of a number of children from the age of one month to f five ive years and di discovering sc what most children are able to do at ft a given age it will be possible to lay down rules as aa to what a normal childs reaction is when we have established these rules wo we will be able by testing chil dren in the light of them to discover whether or not a child is ia normal subnormal or above normal it is ia our hobb to gather a great deal deai of knowledge of child life and to apply it in remedying tho the children who need special training during the very early yeara year of their lives it is then that they aro are mor mori plastic we do not believe that all the mental weaknesses of later life are am predo predestined tined we believe that they are to some extent at least plastic that it is ia largely a matter of proper regulation and habit babit formation in the preschool pro pre school period |