The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-04-18

gosernsn-ns. severity will very seldom b
foanI nece~aEy. II when panislnsni i
inflicted. Il i d0ne with composnre and
With s0leiaaity. nceasioa fur runishmeni
VII hs So nafEeqnens. Lei > mother
egss Be allecsioaass AM mild with her
eaildpn. lei hsT symp1thize with Ghem
ID their lsle sports. Lei her gain lhcil
eoaileaee by har assidaons efforts %
make them happy. And Lea her feel,
Mhsn they have done wrong. not irrilaled
ID, sad; and punish Them IN sorrow. bul
MT IN anger. Fear j. . useful and neces.
sary principle n family government. God
makes use u il IN governing his creatures.
BAT ID i ruiaoas % tie disposition Of !
child exclusively % conird him BY this
motive. How unhappy must be thai a.
mily where the parent always sits with i
face delormed with scewls, and where the
veies Il always uttered in tones of severn
~ and command! Such parents we do
sec. Their children fear them. They
are always under Festraint in their pre-
sence; and heme becomes 10 them IN isk-
some prison., instead Of thc happy retreat
Of peace and joy. Do, where the mether
greeis her rhildwn with smiles; and re-
wards their Efforts 70 please her, with ca.
resscs: and addresses them in tones of
mildness and affection, she i touching
those chords in the human hear which
,ibraie IN sweet harmony; she is calling
into action the nublest and lorrgicst prin-
ciples Of our nature. And thus does she
prepare the way Cor every painful act or
discipline TO come with efFectual power
upon the heart. The children know thai
she docs not love 70 punish. In all eases
in which il can be dene. children should
thus be governed BY kindness. But when
kindness. fails, and disobedicnce ensures,
let moi the mother hesitate for 4 moment
% Gall back npon her last resort, and pun
ish n severely as il necessary. A Few
such cases Kill leach almost any child
how much betisr il j. 10 be obedieni than
disobedieni.
BY being thus consistent and decided in
goyeramenl, and commencing with the In
fsnry of each child. in al ordinary cases
great severity may be avoided. And il Is
hsyer proper for parent 10 be harsh, and
unfeeling, and forbidding, in her inter-
course with her children. The most eff
cent family government may be almost
entirely administered BY affection, II il be
distinctly understood that disobedicnce
cannot pass unpublished. Icannot bur pi-
y those unhappy children who dare moi
come 10 their parents in confidence and
love; who are continually fearing stern
looks and harsh words; and who are con-
sequenily ever DESTROYS 10 &C, away from
home, that they may enjoy themselves.
Every effort should be made 10 make home
the most desirable place; to gather around
]. associations Of delight; and thus 10 form
in HE mind Of our child an attachment for
peaceful and purifying enicymen,s. This
will mos. strongly fortify his mind against
vice. And when he leaves the parental
ROOF, he will ever look back with fond le-
collections 70 its joys, and with gratitude
to those who made il the abode offs much
happiness. In future years, Too, when
Your children become heads Of families,
they will transmit, 10 their children the
principles which You have implanted,
Thus may the influence Of your instruc-
lions be- extended 10 thousands yet un-
born. *.....
How lille do We think Of tie trcmen-
dous responsibilities which are resting up
on US; and Of the wide influence, either
for good or evil, which we are exerting!
We ARE setting in operation train Of eau
ses which will 60 down through all COM
ing time. Long after we have gone to our
eternal home, our words and our actions
will be aiding in the formation of cha
ractcr. We cannot then arrest the cause
which our lives have sci in progress, and
they viii % on elevating immortals to viz
tue and 10 heaven, or urging them inward
in passion and sin and wo.
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