AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4862, 7 May 1918, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE.

“CUCKOO” AND “PENGUIN”

MOTHERS.

SYDNEY, April 28 ! Is the ''Australian woman as healthy and strong as she ought to-be? j The point was raised last night- by Professor W. A. Osborne 'in the , course a lecture, entitled “The l Gift of the Mother to tlie Child,’ delivered at the Athenaeum Hall m; connection with the Baby Week activities. The first gift- of a mother : to her child, Professor Osborne pointed out, was that of health, and nowadays they ought to look upon good health as their natural heritage, Tlie excellent physique of the Australian mail was generally recognised. and had been particularly noticed in .Britain when the sunbronzed. big-limbed Australian troops arrived there. But was tlie Australian woman as superior in physique to the British woman as the Australian man to the average Brit-isu man? Not at all. The physique and health of the Australian country girl were certainly hard to heat, but the city gh'l was frequently not as healthy and' strong as she should be, in view of all the favorable conditions. There was room for inquiiy into wliat was wrong with city lue After emphasising tlie importance'll? the infant’s natural food, the lecturer pointed out that a further (gift from the mother was that of nurture. Since tlie human race in its continued development was always some' thousands of years ahead of instinct, they could not trust to the mother’s instinct in this matter. 'Therefore education of the mother in the nurture and care of the child was essential. It was no use attempting to impart the necessary knowledge to children at school or to young girls more intent on pleasure than the serious issues of life. The expectant mother, was therefore the best subject for such education, as she was naturally ready to pay careful attention to wliat she was told. Amusement was -aroused amongst the audience by the lecturer s division of mothers generally into four typical classes —the “slave nio--ther,” too much tied to her liohse and household work to- look after her children sufficiently; the “broody mother, 1 who took too much care of her offspring; the “penguin” mortlier, who made use, penguin fashion, of the creche system, while she worked, and tlie “cuckoo” mother, who, emulating the habits of the cuckoo, handed over the care of her children entirely to a trained nurse.

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