: The Child in the Midst A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands by Platt Mary Schauffler - Missions; Church work with children

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THE CHILD IN ITS HELPLESSNESS

"The place where the young Child lay."

What do the children need?--"The Age of the Child"--All children to be included--Rights of every child and every mother--Conservation of human resources--Eugenics and heredity--Protection of motherhood--Suffering mothers--Superstitions regarding new-born infants--Twins--Infanticide--Bathing and clothing children--Feeding--Hygiene--Starving children--Infant mortality--Health--Diseases and their treatment--What missions are doing for the helpless children.

"What do the children of India most need?"

The question was asked of an earnest young teacher, at home on her first furlough. It was easy to see how quickly her thoughts flew back to that school for little low-caste children which had so recently been started, and with a far-away look in her eyes she answered:--

"What do the children of Syria most need?"

This time it was a beautiful, young missionary mother who answered quickly:--

"What is the greatest need of the children in Persia?"

The answer came from a father of little children who had himself been a missionary's child in Persia and knew well the country and its needs.

"What do the children of America need?"

We turn and ask ourselves and one another this question. And lo!--we find that the needs of childhood are very much the same the world around. What is being done to meet those needs? Ah! that is a very different question, and startling, yes, more than startling, are the contrasts discovered as the thoughtful woman studies the subject of child life.

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