The Shasta courier., 1865-12-02
SHASTA COURIER.
Rearing Children.

l. On entering the fourth. year, children
should not be allowed to eat oftener than
once in four hours, but always IN peace and
cheerfulness.
, Do not send child to school, nor allow
him to learn at home anything more than the
alphabet, nor commit anything to memory,
except the Lords Prayer, and half-dozen
short. simple, religious hymns, until the
sixth year is completed, unless the child will
have to - do something for living very
early.
3. Allow nothing whatever to be eaten
within two hours of bedtime.
A. The last meal of the day should be of
cold bread and butter, with some mild. warm
drink say milk and water, half and half.
sweetend, called . cambric tea or a bowl
Of bread and milk, made of Indian corn
or oat meal. - Preserves" :" cake" or 9th
er sweetmeats, are most pernicious.
5. Children should sleep on separate beds.
on hair mattress. without caps. being care.
ful to have the feet well warmed by the fire.
stockings off; or if in summer, rubbed dry
with the hand, washing them every other
night. Have extra covering on the feet in
cold weather.
=. Encourage them In every way; compel
them, If necessary. to be out of doors, or in
large. clean, open, dry. cheerful room, for
the greater part Of the daylight between
breakfast and sundown. If the weather is
damp or raw, especially at the close of the
day, keep them indoors In late autumn.
winter, and early spring, child under ten
ought not to be cut later than an hour before
sundown, except in constant, active motion ::
nine tenths of the cases Of Group would thus
be prevented.
I. If a child eat at regular hours, do not
limit 1t, except at supper time.
&. By all means, let the child take the
fullest amount of sleep. Never wake up a
child except in a day nap but be particular
10 have it 20 to bed at so early an hour regu-
larly, that it shall wake up of itself in time
to dress for breakfast. Children. left to them
selves. are never ready to 20 to bed, or to get
up in time.
9. Avoid the barbarism of keeping your
child STILL as long as it is doing no injury to
property, person. or good morals. Motion of
some sort is physical necessity to young
children, it is an unappeasable instinct. To
repress it, by arbitrary commands. is re-
bellion against nature and a cruelty to the
child
10. Never threaten child. 1t is cruel,
anu udu1eFUuS. W Idi YOU nave ~ 10,
do it, and there make an end; but act delib-
erately, firmly, kindly, maintaining your own
self respect.
II. Never reprove child in the presence
of a third party; its self esteem is wounded
thereby, and a spirit Of self defence, of oppo
sition, or even defiance is engendered.
II. Never make positive promise to a
child, unless you are perfectly certain you
will be able to fulfill it.
13. Always give your child an affectionate
greeting on coming home, even after few
hours absence. 1t ght have been brought
TO your door a corpse
II The most certain and most speedy
method of running a child is to be forever
laying down rules, regulations, and restrc
tions. At the earliest possible moment. it
will break away from all restraint.
Is. Let nothing ever prevent you from
sending your child to bed in calm, loving.
grateful frame of mind. 1t or you may die
before the morning.
l6. Be yourself all that you would have
your child to be.