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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgments XIII
4. Contents XV
5. What the House Means to the Children 1
6. Struggles with an Old-fashioned House 14
7. The Housemother 27
8. The Men in Our Lives 50
9. Something Smells Good 61
10. Jane Comes to Stay 76
11. Bedtime 95
12. Play 106
13. Children’s Books and Reading 126
14. Bicycles 135
15. Pets 141
16. Work and Work Attitudes 151
17. Holiday Cottage 165
18. The Garden 174
19. The Director and the Children 183
20. Discipline 194
21. The Case Worker – the Child – the Child's Family 208
22. Afterthought 236
23. Excerpts from News Letters 239