HARRIET MARTINEAU AND THE MANNERS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN, AS VIEWED IN 1834

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-138
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
Way Of Life ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
Harriet Martineau ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
American Way ◽  
American Children ◽  
At Home ◽  
Literary Circles

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was an enormously popular English writer as well as a prominent figure in literary circles. A visit to America in 1834 inspired several unflattering words on the American way of life. However, her comments about the manners of American children were almost always favorable, as this excerpt will indicate.1 For my on part, I delight in the American children; in those who are not overlaid with religious instruction. There are instances, as there are everywhere, of spoiled, pert, and selfish children. Parents' hearts are pierced there, as elsewhere. But the independence and fearlessness of children were a perpetual charm in my eyes. To go no deeper, it is a constant amusement to see how the speculations of young minds issue, when they take their own way of thinking, and naturally say all they think. Some admirable specimens of active little minds were laid open to me at a juvenile ball at Baltimore. I could not have got at so much in a year in England. If I had at home gone in among eighty or a hundred little people, between the ages of eight and sixteen, I should have extracted little more than "Yes, ma'am," and "No, Ma'am." At Baltimore, a dozen boys and girls at a time crowded round me, questioning, discussing, speculating, revealing in a way which enchanted me. In private houses, the comments slipped in at table by the children were often the most memorable, and generally the most amusing part of the conversation.

MISS HARRIET MARTINEAU ON THE MANNERS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 576-576
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
Harriet Martineau ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
American Children ◽  
American Society ◽  
At Home

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), an English reformer and author, traveled widely in the United States between 1834 and 1836. As a result of her travels she wrote Society in America, published in 1837, which soon became a classic account of American society of the 1830's. Miss Martineau had this to say about the manners of American children: For my own part, I delight in the American children; in those who are not overlaid with religious instruction. There are instances, as there are everywhere, of spoiled, pert, and selfish children. Parents' hearts are pierced there, as elsewhere. But the independence and fearlessness of children were a perpetual charm in my eyes. To go no deeper, it is a constant amusement to see how the speculations of young minds issue, when they take their own way of thinking, and naturally say all they think. Some admirable specimens of active little minds were laid open to me at a juvenile ball at Baltimore. I could not have got at so much in a year in England. If I had at home gone in among eighty or a hundred little people, between the ages of eight and sixteen, I should have extracted little more than "Yes, ma'm," and "No, ma'am." At Baltimore, a dozen boys and girls at a time crowded round me, questioning, discussing, speculating, revealing in a way which enchanted me. In private houses, the comments slipped in at table by the children were often the most memorable, and generally the most amusing part of the conversation.

The Religious Sentiment in Epileptics

1873 ◽  
Vol 18 (84) ◽  
pp. 482-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Howden
Keyword(s):  
Mental Condition ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
Know How ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Epileptic Child ◽  
At Home

In the following observations I propose to describe a feature in the mental condition of Epileptics, which, to the best of my knowledge, has not attracted that attention to which its frequency entitles it. I refer to the exaltation of the religious sentiment. Irritability, suspicion, impulsive violence, egotism, strong homicidal propensities are among the most commonly observed characteristics in the insane epileptic; but in strange contradiction with these we very frequently find combined a strong devotional feeling, manifesting itself, it may be, in simple piety or in decided religious delusions. I do not pretend that the forms of religious insanity to be afterwards noticed are peculiar to epilepsy, but they are very frequently found in connection with it, and, I believe, I have only to describe a few illustrative cases to bring to your recollection numerous others which have occurred in your own experience. The causes which combine to develope a devotional frame of mind in Epileptics are probably numerous. In congenital cases or those arising from diseases of childhood education no doubt exercises a powerful influence. The epileptic child is necessarily less able to join in the amusements and occupations of healthy children, and a large share of his time and attention may be devoted at home to religious instruction. The mysterious nature of the disease, the consciousness of infirmity and helplessness developes a craving for sympathy in the epileptic which we rarely see in other lunatics. In the wards and airing-courts of our asylums, epileptics may be distinguished from their fellow-patients by the fact that they are generally found associating in little groups of twos or threes. They sympathize with each other, lean on each other for help in the time of trouble, and however much they exhibit violence and viciousness to others, they rarely attack each other. Along with this desire for sympathy, the epileptic is mercifully endowed with strong hope. He is always getting over his trouble, he thinks the turns are less severe, and will tell you perhaps the day before a fatal seizure that he thinks he will have no more fits. We all know how much hope has helped the physician in his efforts to combat this disease with a whole battery of drugs, each of which in its turn seems for a time to promise success, only too surely to fail in the end. This craving for sympathy finds a deep response in the highest development of hope—religion; and the sufferings of this life are assuaged by the assurance of sympathy and aid from heaven, and of a blessed future where suffering and sorrow are no more.

scholarly journals Commodity analysis of medical products used in adult incontinence

Pharmacia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 805-809
Author(s):  
Tetiana Diadiun ◽  
Inna Baranova ◽  
Safol Musozoda ◽  
Dmytro Semeniv ◽  
Svetlana Zaporozhska
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Human Life ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
At Home

There are problems people don’t want to talk about, and one of them is incontinence in adults. This is a fairly common and delicate problem. It negatively affects human life. This most often applies to people with disabilities and bedridden patients. People have to change their usual way of life, give up their favorite activities, there is a constant need to stay at home. Walking, attending events are difficult. All this has a corresponding effect on the psychological health of a person. In such a situation, it is advisable to use diapers for adults. This is a modern hygienic product that is intended to make life easier for people suffering from various forms of incontinence. Diapers are similar in shape to baby diapers, but they are adapted to the size of an adult. This is a great option for the care of patients who are bedfast or in a wheelchair.

El Guindi, Yussef (1960–)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Hammouda
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Arab Americans ◽  
Arab American ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
American University ◽  
American University In Cairo ◽  
American Way

Yussef El Guindi is an Egyptian/Arab-American playwright. He was born in Egypt, educated in London, and is currently a resident of Seattle, USA. He received his BA degree from the American University in Cairo and MFA in Playwriting from Carnegie-Mellon University. He writes about cultural and political collisions of ethnic minorities, especially Arab-Americans. Most of his plays are about Arab-Americans trying to fit into the American way of life and some of the clashes that arise as a result.

Talking to Young Musicians

Tempo ◽  
1951 ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
John Amis
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
American Way ◽  
Young Students ◽  
First Time

I had an invitation this year to go to Salzburg for a month. This came from a group of Americans who run what is known as the Salzburg Seminar. The seminars were started by the Harvard Students Council because a group of young students there felt that there ought to be some means, after the recent war, of getting together young Europeans. The idea was to let them study the American way of life, culture and so on: and also to exchange views with each other, to compare notes and discuss what was going on in the various European countries. They thought it especially valuable that young students from the vanquished countries should have a chance of meeting their fellow Europeans, many of them, for the first time. Such a meeting place helps enormously understanding between nations: at least, between the lucky fifty or so a month who manage to get to Schloss Leopoldskron, formerly Max Reinhardt's castle, where the seminars are held.

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