1840 2 249 They ground education, not upon the communicable humanity of Jesus, but upon a human and child nature.
1874 W. B. Carpenter i. viii Teacher Ignorant of the fundamental facts of child-nature.
1913 A. Holmes xii. 315 Child-nature is neither plastic like this, nor is it flinty rock to be chipped into shape like the granite of a sculptor.
2005 33 1 Rousseau was of the view that child nature was intrinsically good.