The proper habits can be developed only through practice. Much practice should be given concerning proper table manners and home courtesies. One of the most important things a child should be taught is to be cheerful at home since cheerfulness and cleanliness are both contagious. We must be careful to affect others properly with our personalities. A child should be taught to laugh.
Laughter makes one more healthy.
It causes the heart to beat faster and sends the blood bounding through the body. When a person laughs, respiration is increased, the eye brightens, the chest expands, bad air is forces out of the lungs, the internal organs are caused to vibrate, etc. Laughter has a good effect on the liver and gastric juices. In some cases physicians have prescribed laughter. A cheerful spirit at home will help to create a proper state of mind and a proper state of mind can create proper manners.