There ought to be no reason, and under happy conditions there is no reason, why the relationship between parent and child, as one of mutual affection and care, should ever cease to exist.

But that the relationship should continue to exist as a tie is unnatural and tends to be harmful.

At a certain stage in the development of the child the physical tie with the parent is severed, and the umbilical cord cut.

At a later stage in development, when puberty is attained and adolescence is feeling its way towards a complete adult maturity, the spiritual tie must be severed.

It is absolutely essential that the young spirit should begin to essay its own wings.