The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-08-08
JUST THE SAME.
4 Uothcr'S Story oi Hcr Little Que and It,
Punishment.
LFrom Onr Continentl

From Our Contincntl
Nonrly all mothers must mont, sooner
OF later, the problem Of how to Irlul.e e.
punish u sensitive child without wound.
ing or destroying his sa.r-rcspcct CIuc
tenn solf-rospect here includes that mild
form Of sclf-cstcnm which often lorlifa.
child against discr,diiablo Ncts.) VIII
different t"mpcramontF entirely different
methods are necessary. Two children
IN the same family often need opposite
modes Of treatment. / therefore aI'nma
to lny down no general rule, hu' venture
70 "iyn my own successful solution IN enc
difficult case, hoping that it may prov
~ irrJ suggcs tive IN other and similar
ones.
| carly found solr-rn.Voct TO T.. jI,
basis Of all good manifestations 10 uN
little douphtor-ihc cornerstone up..
which alone ! could build firmly. # /
make the mistake of correcting hor fn,.
in such wayas to lessen hcrs.l,r,sr.i
Nrrythiu" seemed lO give wat hou.'N
us hni l"t'iur lcf' 10 build wm
When She WAS three ycms old. 1910.
stutlcl into deep consideration Of This
matter. Up to this time she lad been
30 hnhitually and cnccrmlly oholicm
that ! rarely corrected her, and aln lived
Don % Joyous atmosphere Of approval very
sweet to her aoul From the hci'rhi oi
conscious rrctitudc she ohryud With the
air oi uoblcssc obiGe, mud her prompt
and luyin" nruirsc nee lei MS 90 believe
that no difficulty lar in the path Of lo
development. But ono day, in sudden
freak Of temper, she did wronC, very
wrong, and |, mn2ol and shocked, r..
hukcd her quickly, little thinking how
wrong il vgs for me TO say, "Yor
naughty Grl f., Mamma does not love yor
when You H. SO !" INSTANTLY my loyino
! i.'lc daughter was transformed. Sh,
.rr,amcl, pushed me away, and solleo
herself into quiet at last in u far corner
Even after comparative chccrfulncss WIS
restored she r.rclod all my advances,
wd carried Il strange, hard look in hcI
i.cc while she played with her dollics
ignoring my presence.
Within u few hours she disohcycd r,
AGAIN, ard. in reply to gentle rrlm'
sud MllDly: - uot cNrc-mamma moi
love me p From that time, for Nv,
Gays, shn showed do@god hateful srr
81, lMlIIlully dl'oheYmg me, and AWAY
''Nlng: ~ nol care; not want 10 m
good J! or "l not good glrI; mamma
not love mel"
saw, too late, thnt 10y c1I'lW w"
nu"l'y, and mailing her think nv i".
w'himwn, ! had BROUGHT the s'u@'y"
| title sonI to drNpoir. Scl!roapcc! and
| rn' llr respect were lost. She had uo
motive for good behavior The three
yrlr-oId desperate was equal TO -ly VII
Hiny. She dcsplscd the hlandishwn.
If the mother who did not love hnr
Her lips were mrcsponsivc to my kiss.
She was absolutely cold and uapproach
able, yet with u most pathetic look o.
misery haunting her eyes.
hor, and very tcndcrly explained that.
however naughty she might be, mamma
loved her just the same; that nothing
she could ever do would stop mammals
loving her. An incrcdnlous, hcs'lant
,"oN was her only response. | then di-
| ',''u on my 'iirh'o' Saying always that !
| S,%"'d rove hor JUST me same W
',"' ,'i' sumo sue repeated wonder
'41SIl, 90 '' Io''' won my rrn'I, she
''''R W ",r 'oI!",H'',ly' nm" kept ask
| lhH III II SOU, utllHO'tt voice SlCh cues