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Education 169
made to teach them at these times anything
else but the old satisfactory games. The ex-
periences derived from these games about the
nature of the children, who are stimulated in
one direction or another by the game, must be
kept for later use.
Games in this way increase confidence be-
tween children and adults. They learn to
know their elders better. But to allow child-
ren to turn all the rooms into places to play
in, and to demand constantly that their elders
shall interest themselves in them, is one of the
most dangerous species of pampering common
to the present day. The children become ac-
customed to selfishness and mental depend-
ence. Besides this constant educational effort
brings with it the dulling of the child’s per-
sonality. If children were free in their own
world, the nursery, but out of it had to sub-
mit to the strict limits imposed by the habits,
wills, work, and repose of parents, their re-
quirements and their wishes, they would de-
velop into a stronger and more considerate
race than the youth of the present day. It
is not so much talking about being considerate,
but the necessity of considering others, of
really helping oneself and others, that has an
educational value. In earlier days, children
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