The classes were based on child-rearing practices at the Pikler Institute, an orphanage in Hungary, and Gordon became fascinated.

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Their daily rituals, their child-rearing practices, and even their folktales reinforce these values, which have an obvious utility for subsistence farmers.

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To avoid conflicts over child-rearing practices, talk in advance about whose rules will apply when choosing food for the child and setting daily routines, naps and bedtimes.

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The New-England Primer's first edition antedated by less than a half-dozen years the publication in Britain of John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), a wide-ranging essay on child-rearing practices that highlighted children's capacity for reason and their susceptibility to being molded for life through judicious exposure to books and other influences suited to their capacity.

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