We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy Montessori outfits . . . or we send them to outdoor schools and give them prizes for sleeping.
Source: Modes and Morals, Ch. 4, 1920.
-- Katherine F Gerould, ( 1879-1944), US writer; She wrote The Tortoise, 1914 and Modes and Morals, 1920