Sincere interest in the well-being of others enables one to start afresh with renewed hopes and the renewed conviction that life is really a worthwhile, exciting, and rewarding experience. —Page 21

Mae Carden responded to requests for a Carden book for parents by writing in 1967 Let's Bring Them Up Sensibly. Parents and teachers alike appreciate her book today.

In the Preface she tells what sensibly means. “It means that the pattern of life is Cause and Effect and that the only way to assure the desired effect is to weigh life’s values, bear them in mind, act in accordance with them, and reap the rich reward.”

Mae Carden says in her Conclusion, “If the child learns to play fair in all his relationships, and builds his life on the rule of cause and effect, he will experience life triumphant! His outlook on life will be cheery, and his heart will be filled with sunshine. What a contribution that person can make to his world and to everyone in it!”

Teachers and school administrators have appreciated Quality Teaching—Successful Learning since it made its appearance in 1985. It presents the essence of the philosophy of education that Mae Carden shared with teachers during decades of untiring work in behalf of children. The book is a collection of her speeches, essays and other writings designed for use by teachers.

If children are helped to gain a sense of inner peace, a trust of others and a spirit of service, their emotions will be poised and their personalities will be cooperative. They will wish to make the effort to acquire the information that will be apportioned to their development. They will be urged on by their own emotions to seek and welcome the factual knowledge that they need for the understanding of this life. Their emotional response will absorb the factual knowledge and will assimilate it into their consciousness and personality. Permeated with the individuality of the student, it will come back into the world as a new product. —Page 55

In Mental and Emotional Health of Teacher and Child she counsels teachers, “Everyone has a seat in the stadium of life. We can all see. It all depends on our mood and attitude. To one person poverty is an excuse for failure. To another it is the impetus to success. You can be miserable or happy in the same spot. Concentrate on ‘poor you’ and you will be miserable. Keep your thoughts on the contribution you can make to your work and helping others and you will be happy—the best things in life are free.”

The book concludes with The Teacher's Credo. Some selections are, "Not to accept failure, but to build step by step to success….Not to limit, but to be concerned with the whole personality of the child….Not to excuse myself for my limitations, but to overcome them consciously and consistently.”

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