CMP Review 2026-03-24

March 24, 2026

“I am an enthusiast for the P.N.E.U. I am an enthusiast because I believe that we of the P.N.E.U. really have the one thing to offer which the whole world needs—an absolutely effective system of education covering the whole life of the child—the whole life of man.”

These words were uttered not by an educationalist or a professional teacher but by an ordinary mother. A resident of Melbourne, Australia in the early 1900s, she chanced upon some copies of The Parents’ Review, and the ideas she found in the pages of that journal would change her life.

Sixteen years later she spoke about the impact of these ideas on her family. Her paper was published in the 1921 Parents’ Review, with the thought that people would be interested to know that it was written by an Australian. Today we bring her inspiring paper back to life. Listen to the expressive reading by Lisa Joss of Australia and feel the inspiration yourself. Find it here.

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