Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-03-23
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For the Inquirer
DUTIES OF PARENTS AND TEACIa-
ERS CONTINUED.


Hitherto we have taken only birds eye
view of our subject, and must now briefly no.
tiee some of the more specific duties Of pa
rents. One of the more important dnties Of
parents is to teach their children by example,
as well as by precept
Parents should not indulge in any habit, or
engage in any aet wblch they would not have
their children initiate or practice. Children
are expert scholars at imitation, aud especially
the example Of their parents.
The little child learns to lie or use decep-
lion long before il can artienlate an untruth.-
Ernr,, 1phnrn has II laarrad trick af the
arch deeeiyerl A child imposes implicit eUrr-
fdence in the word of Its parents and all 9TH
ers, until it is compelled to doubt their vera
city, by the failure on their part to perform
the promise or execute the threat made and
there can be no ground for doubt on the part
of the child until deceived BY others.
Thus, mother tells her child if it will not
cry while she is gone to town, she viii bring it
a new book, or some other desired Object
She returns without the promised object; the
child has been deceived, and the mother think:
but little about it; bat perhaps, from that ap
parently trivial circumstance, the cbild's con.
fdence has been destroyed; it has learned t
deceive and lie, and finally carries its treache
ry so far that he cannot be believed updcr an
circumstances.
Now, it might be asked With propriety, TE
ruined that childl Let reason and eonscient
decide where the evil had it's origin; undoub
cdly in being deceived BY its mother. "Ju
as the twig is bent, the trees iuclined.'
Parents should inculcate trathtulness Il
their children, by always speaking aud actin
the truth before them. SO should pareu
walk ciroumspectly before their children, bo
| in word and deed, in regard to every vice,
evil habit of life, which they would not ha !
them practice or initiate. Thus, if the cH .
sees either parent indulge in anger, malice /
revenge, it is sure to follow their example.
We have already SAID that children :
brought into the world predisposed to
that would prove detrimental to their we'll hi
lug here aud hereafter. b.
Hence, it is the duty Of parents to watcl /"
development of mind in their children, an =
curb early in life, all those evil tendencies pI
natural and common to childhood and " Il,
and thus form 10 them dispositions and b
that viii render the practice of right and : :
tue both easy aud pleasant to them, when a.
take their places in society as men and VIC re,
One of the most difficult tasks that pa
haveto perform, is to form in their chi ~ -,
the habit Of submitting their wills to . -
their parents, in all things, apsthout naurm ais
on Complaint.
To secure this point is of the highe oo1
;.a;u,;t,o % ,b, ba, res
and we'll beng of the child, the yOH y
man /; and without this is secured, thcI 4
be pouting and sullenness in the family, oe
macy aud rebellion in tho scnool, anarcl -
defiance TO all taw in society.
Parents very frequently through sy
and ignorance teach their children to
stinate and self-willed, by rewarding Il
their obstinacy, by hiring them to DO
or bidding of their parents. Thus, Il ),
desires some object which it must NJ aiod ~
the parent refuses to give it, but the oIai.
sists on having the desired object, Que.
cause its wishes are not granted by tail
rent, it becomes enrsgcd, and como IT.