School and Home Industrial Work Promote Whole Child
The author urges rationalizing child labor at home with school credit and age appropriate tasks. Home tasks such as animal care and garden work, with parental consent, would count toward the school record, fostering cooperation between school and family and promoting play, responsibility, and respect. Exhibitions and fairs in multiple counties would spread best practices.
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Polk
Benton
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Crook Counties
Eugene
School Credit for the Performance of Home Duties
L R Alderman argues schools should credit children for home industrial work to foster home skills. He cites sewing, ironing, woodworking, bread making, and garden tasks as valued activities that connect school and home. The plan costs no money, needs little time, and recognizes parents as teachers while aligning school with family habits.
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