Coalville Times | 1904-09-30 | Page 6 | Children's Right to be Heard

Children's Right to be Kurd. Mrs. M. N. Van VII. t of Chlrigo has come out In defense, of the child at home In opposition to tho old idngo that a child should bo seen, not beard. Mr. Van Vliet says a hltd ibouid be heard a well aa aei 11. tihe aiks the pertinent question. How can 1 child be expected to be all that u Ideal man and woman should be It (or the first fifteen years of its life ft DU known nothing but represiloi and auppresslon, and Us opinion have been scorned as of no wel,bt and value Mrs. Van Vll. t argum n,j doiibtlvsa argues from correct' prln-tiplea, prln-tiplea, that children have their right lu the house as well as father and mother. One of these rlnhu it to be heard. To be constantly supping the Impulse of the child to rjt expression ex-pression to IU thought retsnh) mental men-tal development, declare Urs, Van Vllet, prevents the cnltlvatlo of the faculty of thinking clearly and leaking leak-ing concisely and fluently, ao4 tt. troy that poise and aelf reliaoc, which are ao essential la ths roW man or woman. Washington titl