Most of the children's habits are just that you think you have put these habits on them. They are not their real habits, but they are forced to do it under your coercion, and they follow your arrangement with great reluctance. They are eager to throw these behaviors out of the way, given the chance.No matter how long a person stays in prison, it is unlikely that he will develop a hobby of sitting in prison. Instead of weakening his aversion to prison, habit will only strengthen it.Not so my Emile.As a child, he only did what he wanted and had fun with.As an adult, so did he.The force of habit can only contribute to his unrestrained happiness.An active life, physical labour, exercise, movement, was indeed necessary to him, without which he would suffer.