ABSTRACT
The great object of moral education is to teach men and women to be reasonable and self-controlled, to train them to consider their conduct, to form certain resolutions, and to abide by them when formed. This chapter speaks about hitherto solely of the mothers part in the matter; but it is no doubt within the daughters power to do much of this training for herself, and as things stand she constantly seeks elsewhere the stimulus and understanding which she fails to get at home. The family life, as a whole, is quite as important as is the relation of the several members to one another, and on its success and happiness will depend vary greatly the view the children take of the home as they grow up. Family life, says Mrs. Creighton, is first the ideal training-ground, and afterwards in many cases the ideal background, for work for society as a whole.
