{"product_id":"2940013469280","title":"CHILDREN'S RIGHTS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e  CHILDREN'S PLAYS\u003cbr\u003e  CHILDREN'S PLAYTHINGS\u003cbr\u003e  WHAT SHALL CHILDREN READ?\u003cbr\u003e  CHILDREN'S STORIES. _Nora A. Smith_\u003cbr\u003e  THE RELATION OF THE KINDERGARTEN TO SOCIAL REFORM\u003cbr\u003e  HOW SHALL WE GOVERN OUR CHILDREN? _Nora A. Smith_\u003cbr\u003e  THE MAGIC OF \"TOGETHER.\" _Nora A. Smith_.\u003cbr\u003e  THE RELATION OF THE KINDERGARTEN TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL\u003cbr\u003e  OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give me liberty, or give me death!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject of Children's Rights does not provoke much sentimentalism\u003cbr\u003ein this country, where, as somebody says, the present problem of the\u003cbr\u003echildren is the painless extinction of their elders. I interviewed\u003cbr\u003ethe man who washes my windows, the other morning, with the purpose of\u003cbr\u003egetting at the level of his mind in the matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dennis,\" I said, as he was polishing the glass, \"I am writing an\u003cbr\u003earticle on the 'Rights of Children.' What do you think about it?\"\u003cbr\u003eDennis carried his forefinger to his head in search of an idea, for he\u003cbr\u003eis not accustomed to having his intelligence so violently assaulted,\u003cbr\u003eand after a moment's puzzled thought he said, \"What do I think about\u003cbr\u003eit, mum? Why, I think we'd ought to give 'em to 'em. But Lor', mum,\u003cbr\u003eif we don't, they _take_ 'em, so what's the odds?\" And as he left the\u003cbr\u003eroom I thought he looked pained that I should spin words and squander\u003cbr\u003eink on such a topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French dressmaker was my next victim. As she fitted the collar of\u003cbr\u003ean effete civilization on my nineteenth century neck, I put the same\u003cbr\u003equestion I had given to Dennis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The rights of the child, madame?\" she asked, her scissors poised in\u003cbr\u003eair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, the rights of the child.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is it of the American child, madame?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes,\" said I nervously, \"of the American child.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mon Dieu! he has them!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis may well lead us to consider rights as opposed to privileges. A\u003cbr\u003emultitude of privileges, or rather indulgences, can exist with a total\u003cbr\u003edisregard of the child's rights. You remember the man who said he\u003cbr\u003ecould do without necessities if you would give him luxuries enough.\u003cbr\u003eThe child might say, \"I will forego all my privileges, if you will\u003cbr\u003eonly give me my rights: a little less sentiment, please,--more\u003cbr\u003ejustice!\" There are women who live in perfect puddles of maternal\u003cbr\u003elove, who yet seem incapable of justice; generous to a fault, perhaps,\u003cbr\u003ebut seldom just.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Who owns the child_? If the parent owns him,--mind, body, and soul,\u003cbr\u003ewe must adopt one line of argument; if, as a human being, he owns\u003cbr\u003ehimself, we must adopt another. In my thought the parent is simply a\u003cbr\u003edivinely appointed guardian, who acts for his child until he attains\u003cbr\u003ewhat we call the age of discretion,--that highly uncertain period\u003cbr\u003ewhich arrives very late in life with some persons, and not at all with\u003cbr\u003eothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rights of the parent being almost unlimited, it is a very delicate\u003cbr\u003ematter to decide just when and where they infringe upon the rights\u003cbr\u003eof the child. There is no standard; the child is the creature of\u003cbr\u003ecircumstances.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145685450992,"sku":"2940013469280","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013469280_p0.jpg?v=1763581691","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013469280","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}