「新生活運動」為蔣介石自民國23年2月19日於南昌所發動的全國性改造人民生活習慣的運動，延續清末以來，知識分子所倡導的「國民改造」、對「新」的嚮往，以及「野蠻」與「文明」的模範建立等呼聲，第一次由國家力量實施全面性的改造。兒童具有「新」、「希望」、「未來」、「白紙」的特性，一向被視為國民改造的核心，本文以新生活運動角度切入，並以童子軍組織為例，觀察知識分子的言論及國家政策，如何對於兒童進行身體及思想層面的改造。

Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) launched the “New Life Movement” (新生活運動) at February 13, 1943 in Nanchang (南昌), which was the national reform movement about the people's living habits. The movement responded to the promotion of “National Reconstruction” from the Intellectuals in the late Qing dynasty, who desired for the “New”, and the establishment of “Barbarism” and “Civilization” model. It was the first time that government carried out the comprehensive reforming. The children was characterized with ”New”, “Hope”, “Future”, “White paper”, and were regarded as the core of the national reform. In this paper, with the perspective of the New Life Movement (新生活運動), and take the boy scout organization as the example, Observed how the children’s body and thinking was reformed by the intellectuals comments and national policy statements .