Child Okeford (sometimes written Childe Okeford) is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the North Dorset administrative district of the county, four miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. In the 2001 Census the village had a population of 1,065, 41.9% of whom were retired.
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“Today’s child is growing up absurd, because he lives in two worlds, and neither of them inclines him to grow up. Growing up—that is our new work, and it is total. Mere instruction will not suffice.”
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