constant demand to be made upon the vitality supplied
to the system by food.
When children show any marked preference for special
foods, care should be taken to modify their tastes so that
they may always eat a sufficient variety to obtain from food
the elements requisite to a well-balanced physical develop-
ment. Every abnormal appetite should be modified by ju-
dicious control on the part of the parents or nurse, if the
child is to receive the care its helpless condition imposes
upon its natural protectors : they are as much responsible
for its physical well-being as for its moral rectitude.
These outlines will serve to guard those having the care
of children, from making the mistakes which too often entail
a life of weakness or suffering as the consequence equally of
injudicious indulgence, and of neglect of the most ordinary
rules of health.
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Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
constant demand to be made upon the vitality supplied to the system by food.
When children show any marked preference for special foods, care should be taken to modify their tastes so that they may always eat a sufficient variety to obtain from food the elements requisite to a well-balanced physical development. Every abnormal appetite should be modified by judicious control on the part of the parents or nurse, if the child is to receive the care its helpless condition imposes upon its natural protectors : they are as much responsible for its physical well-being as for its moral rectitude.
These outlines will serve to guard those having the care of children, from making the mistakes which too often entail a life of weakness or suffering as the consequence equally of injudicious indulgence, and of neglect of the most ordinary rules of health.
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