The Delaware herald., 1854-06-07
Written for the Herad.
Homely Hints on Family Government.

DEAR EDIFoRs:-Being solicited by you to
write communication for your excellent paper,
can think of no subject on which my mind
more frequently dwells, OF dwells with half the
moment, than the one of family government
therefore, if " from the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh," You shall hear few
homcly hints on the government of families,
the training of children, etc, have not the
presumption to think that, by this communica-
tion, 1 shall benefit many who may chance to
glance over it, but if it should fall III the hands
Of any who may find my'adyice worth following,
and it should be the means of keeping one little
boy or girl one hour from bad company or street.
runnlng, my effort snail not have been totally
abortiye or my labor lost; for, a single hourin
bad company may learn q child words or prac-
tees which it may never forget. The thought
| lessness Of parent: on the subject of training
/ their children, when we consider. TINT itlis FIX
ing their destiny in time and for eternity, has
/ ever been a matter of surprise with me, since
4 age has matared my Judgment enough 10 notice
i the inadyertencles and sinconsistencless of pa
rents. 1 expect, sirs, in eyonr town, as in
1 nearly all towns, that street-rinning ia pric-
ticed to an alarming extent Here is an evil
that. | am at a loss to know how any parent that
has the future welfare Of their child at theart,
caIljustify themselves in allowing. Who thai
4 has known much of town llife has not beer
pained at the sight efcfrihren roaming tbs
street from the time they were large encugl
to walk 50 as to keep out of the way Of teams
:. They are sent out. have many times thought
TO rid theirmothers of their noise and the Itrou
BILE of their many little playthings, which are 8,
offensive in the eyes OF many parentsg Now
that these thugs are roublesoEne aud d.perplex
ing must adnlit. Yet, would il not be infinite
! ly better that children should have such. hber
. ties 1t home, and play, andar tAs guardianshi
7 of older sisters and brothers, where they woul
! be learning to love their hotnes and be taugh
I to love each others sseiety, being eachsother'
= play1nates, where they would never be expose
p to the obscene and indecent Language Of III
sl street rabble, aud such persons All whsIkno'
i the childish mind, know ehat 10 the cotnpan
\, most usually sought for. Who that has eve
y walked the atreets Of 4 country village has ns
been startled at tho profanity or vulgarity 4
% some little nrchin scarce three feet high We
I. For the sake Of indulging thenin their childis
y whims, some good parents allow their childge
!. to make them their csmpanions. But has
II dwelt longer here than intended, ,as there al
J; a number Of things shall name under d gen'
u raj head, as the importance ofi. small things
le which | conceive to be of very great cons
n- quence, although alnaost entirely negleeted
10 the majority Of parertsI Among those, lwou
e. first nusae Pclteness Who, IN theis inte
1e course with different families. does not see
lei want Of politenesss This deem a ver5 nnpc
~ tant item in family government, since such
t.l appzeciated by the NEST rude--it, indeed, mo
be thxn half civiliEes. s suN aaisss er
ael saWell. first we will name politeness tostra
sd H es9s. Every child shouid Be tsueht, a. soon
IA ] 4 lcest the chksdieh dm5diky, (Which son
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