The role of the parents
Probably the most helpful thing a father or mother can do for the children, is to provide the kind of home life in which a young child can develop well; just as a gardener puts young plants in suitable soil. A good home is one where it is easy for each youngster to find his own bent, his talents and abilities, and to feel he will meet with help and encouragement.
Another important point in providing a sound environment for children, is to see that there is plenty of variety in it. Would you feed a growing youngster on nothing but meat and potatoes, valuable as these are? A child needs a good mixed diet, and a youngster needs lost of mental and social variety too-meeting all kinds of people, trying out many different activities, learning how to behave in a great range of situations. Only in this way can mind and character develop to the full.