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A great change has taken place during the last generation in the philosophy and practice of child-training. The patriarchally exercised authority of the adult toward the child is passing. Modern child psychology has discovered many serious flaws in this age-long system of domestic autocracy. This kind of training does not produce, at least in the modern world, a wholesome personality. It is apt to develop complexes in the child which manifest themselves later in life in ways not to be desired. Moreover, In this swiftly changing civilization of today we are beginning to question what right we have as adults to decide dogmatically upon the child's pattern of development. Is anyone authorized, even by the fact of parenthood, to determine the destiny of another? It used to be fairly easy to condition children into the path desired for them by society, but who will today venture to choose the path the child should walk? The reproduction of past patterns of society has not resulted in a perfect world. Quite the contrary! Therefore we are beginning to wonder, even though we might claim the right to dictate to the child the direction of Its growth and development, whether it is wise to attempt to exercise such a privilege in this extraordinary, changing epoch. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)