The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-10-25
HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR
CHILDREN

pr IIllLDKEN
Il II is usual 10 stlempt TO manage you
10 children either by curporeal puntShmeu
o. BY rewards addressed to The seusr
or by wolds alone. There is one Clhe
means OF government, The power an
importance Of which is seldom regarded
II reler 10 The human voice. A blow
may be Inflicted on child, arcompan
y led by woris 50 uttered as 10 couuIersQ
E entirely ls intended effect. Or, tn
psrent may use language in the eorrec
'Ioa OF The child, not Objectionable in ii
'eIt, yet spoken 10 tone which NOR,
> han defeats lis iunuence.
We ore by no means aware of III,
'owtr OF the voice in swsyog the feel
l ns' Of The soul. The anecdqle OF +
good lady in regard 10 her minister,
sermons, is TO the poiul. She heard .
discourse from him which pleased hel
Exceedingly, She expressed to friend
the hope that he would preach it again,
Perhaps SAID hei friend 10 reply,
he may print IT, 'Ahp said she, 'nt
ou'd not print ii in the holy tone.' ,
here 'sa tone in The pulpit, which
false as Is the taste from whlrh it pro.
leeds, does indeed work wonders. So
5 there tone in our intercourse with
chIIdren, which may be among the mos,
"ih1Ient aids in hrir educ.rion.
Let any oae eudeavor 10 recall The
mage Of lond mother long siuse de
)tr'eo TO her res. Her sweet smile
'nG ever clear counleuance are brought
VIvidIy 10 reccOllscloc. So also is her
voice; and blessed is that pareo, who is
'ndOwtd with pleasing utlerancp.
What Is 1t which luIIs The infant TO r..
os Z Ii is no array OF mere words.
There is no charm 10 The unlaughl ont
81 le!ystHsa SyIIItthlssss yIt lss&gleHfe I,
ooihes aud composes ito sleep. II lev
'oles, however unskiIIu.ly arranged, il
'tlered in soft tone are iound TO pos.
esq magic influence. Think we lhs'
nj, ia hIencs IS cOuGned 10 the cradle?-
No, /; Is dIiuNed over every age, snc
aSes not while the enid rtmains undr,
he parental roof Is Tie boy gtowIo,
ude in manner aud boISlelOus 10 speechil
| know OF no instrument so sure 10 con.
toI these tendencies as the gentle tone
# mother. She who speaks 10 he
'on hssrhly, do bul give TO his con
lucI the sanclon of her own exBmplt.
she rouIs Cll on the sl.csdy raging
dane.
Ia the pressure Of duty we are lisbl
20 utter ourselves hastily to our children
Perhaps a threat Is expressed in q lou'
lnd Irralalng tone. Instead OF alayinl
the passions of the child, it serves tel
increase them. Evrry irelfu express
ION awaken, in him The same spirit lhs
produced it. So does pleasant vote
call up agreeable feelings. Wharever
disposition, there, we would encoursg,
u a child. the same we should mani
esl ia the tone with which we sdLlen
hem.
There is nothing more desirable in Il
laughter thss intelligence olned 10 \
gentle SPIN. The mind is sshione,
nd furnished, in main, a, school, Bu
he character Of The etleClions is derive,
chiefly a, home, How ineslmsble T.
The confidence of that mother iu produ |,
clug kind feelings in The bosoms Of he
who never permits herself / |
'reak TO them with loud voice, and !
harsh, unkiud tones!
have heard father who, when h 4
child'en became engaged in dsput
would al once require them TO unu
song. The ending Of their vo
,es III harmony was soon found 10 sui
Iue then angry and contentious feeling
| lhefe is native, spontaneous uusougi
nusc. II consists IN the tones who
g ne from her who is flowing wit
human love. While then, would AZ
wise the mo'ner 10 he culru,e Of
pleasant voice, and wsln her Of hetyi
II addressing her children harshly,
NCuId slIl more earnestly eounseI h,
o discipline her he0rh Our Of kin
'earl, come, naturally, kind ferIins
she who would rr-in up h,r family
re sweet splrlI Of love, can succeed bs,
nd most enduringly OF all, by chprs );
ng such sentiments as shall seek IheI
wa unbdden expression 10 gentle, y
lI'powerfuI tones.
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