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from certain ruin, let him not be with them.
Keep him at home in the evening, unless, by
special permission, he is at the house of some
judicious friend, where you know he will
only engage in the Preside sports.
8. DO what you can to keep your sons
employed.-Let play be their occasional
privilege, and they will enjoy it far more
highly. Employ them in the garden, If you
have one, at work, not at play. II will do
them no harm to perform humble services
1t will help you, and help them still more, to
have them bring IN the wood or the coal, to
scour the knives, to make their own beds and
to keep them in order. You may thus rem
der them useful, and greatly contribute TO
their future welfare. lfyou are rich it is still
more important You should train up your
sons in these habits of industry, for they stand
in need of this moral and physical discipline.
Louis Phillip, the present king Of the French,
though the son of the proudest and the richest
noble of France, was in childhood and youth
required TO wait upon himself in the perfor-
nance of the humblest Office. 1t was through
this culture that be was trained up to be one
of the most remarkable men of The present
age.
4. Take an interest in your children's
employmcnt.-A pleasant word. an encour-
aging smile, from sl mpathizing mother, re-
wards an afectionate boy for many an hour
of weary work and the word and the smile
reach her heart, and make more pliable
gentle, mother-lo loving boy. How often will
a boy, with such mother, work all the af-
ternoon to build playhouse, or dovecot,
cheered with the anticipated joy of showing
it to his mother when it is done. And when
he takes her hand, to lead her ont and show
her the evidence of his mechanical skill, how
greatly can his young spirit be gra'illed by a
few words of encouragement and apprOba.
ton. By sympalhizing in the enjoyment o.
YOUR children, bv manlfesting the interest yOr
feel in the innocent pleasures they can fine
at home, yo,, thus shield them from count.
less temptations.
5. Encourage as much as possible fond
ness far reading.-Chidren' books havt
been, of late years, so greatly multiplied
that there is but little difficulty in forming
in the mind IF the child. taste for reading
w hen the taste is once formed, you will b.
saved all further trouble. Your son will
> soon explore the libraries of all his associates
and he will find calm and silent, and i'm
proving amusement for many rainy days AM
long evenings. And yon may have man,
!, hours Of your own evening solitude enlven
ed by his readings. The cultivation Of TIL
habit is of such immense Importance, aad i
so beneficial in its results, not only upon Il,
: child, but upon the quietnde and harmony O
the whole family, that it is well worth Will
: to make special efforts to awaken fondncs
for books. Select some books of decided
entertaining character, and encourage hi,
: for time TO read aloud to you, and you wi
y J, very soon find his interests rvitcd, and by
, little attention, avoiding as much as possibI
u ;rksome constraint, you may soon fix the hal
= it permanently.
The great difficulty with most parents il
that they are unwilling to devote time to the
j., children. But there are no duties in Iii
, more ,mperious than the careful culture
: the minds and hearts of the immortal entrh.
g ted to our care. There are no duties whc
we can neglect at such an awful hazard.
= good son is an inestinable treasure: Ian
Z guage canno, speak his worth. A bad Sc
is about the heaviest calamity that can be el
t. dured on earth. Let the parent then fir
- time to 'tran up the child in the way ne shou
- go'-N. Y Waterman.