長年こどもの本と文化にかかわってきた多くの市民が「こどもの図書館」設立の運動を始めた。そのきっかけは, 高知県立図書館の新館建設・移転の計画であった。紆余曲折を経て, 県行政の支援のもとにこの運動は「NPO高知こどもの図書館」として結実した。開館以来1年余り, 図書館活動は順調に進んでいる。残るところは財政基盤の確立であるが, これは館の努力だけではのり越えがたい問題でもある。NPOの仲間と手を携えて, 志ばかりでなく財政的にも確固とした非営利組織となるべく, 方策を探り努力を続けなければならない。社会の成熟を促進するために。

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The author points that some beliefs about the world are given to children for the attainment of developmental tasks. In this article preliminary studies of children's belief of immanent justice are reported, which were administered to 5-year-olds and 6-year-olds of kindergarten in a farm area of Japan. The results of first two studies showed that more of the older children knew the concept of `Bachi' (punishment by `Kami') (study 1) and used this concept to explain the cause of unhappy events which followed wrong acts than the younger children (study 2). Study 3 were conducted to examine the variables which were hypothesized to affect to children's belief of immanent justice; care-taker's tendency of giving reasons with reference to `Bachi' or outer agents of punishments to children, egocentrism of children, lack of ability to find naturalistic cause, and mode of story ("fact mode" vs. "story mode"). The multiple regression analysis revealed the significant positive effects of age and the variable of care-taker's tendency. The results suggests that the idea of immanent justice might be given by care-takers as one tool of socialization.

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