P.1358 - §2 There were few homes in the gentile world of those days that could give a child a better intellectual, moral, and religious training than the Jewish homes of Galilee. These Jews had a systematic program for rearing and educating their children. They divided a child's life into seven stages: |
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| 1. The newborn child, the first to the eighth day. | |
| 2. The suckling child. | |
| 3. The weaned child. | |
| 4. The period of dependence on the mother, lasting up to the end of the fifth year. | |
| 5. The beginning independence of the child and, with sons, the father assuming responsibility for their education. | |
| 6. The adolescent youths and maidens. | |
| 7. The young men and the young women. |