The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-12-13
The Duties of Parents.

We should so live that when the sum-
mons comes TO be a parent it will find
us prepared Like thief in the night.
atan hour when we think..not, like thun-
derbolt from clear sky, the call may
come to us. Let the n ght-lamp, there
fore, be- trimmed and burning, and the
alum where We can lay hold on it at
any time. But. above all, we should
make ourselves conyersant with those
little parliamentary rules which must
govern the conduct of the parent in his
or her social contact with the child. A
lew suggestions upon what constitutes
and shows good breeding in this brsnch
of society. readily marking and con-
trasting the cultivated parent and dis
tingu shing him or her from the vulgar,
the snide, the plebeian, the canailles las
we say in France), the James Grow and
the sans culottes parent, might not be
ill-timed orinopportune
In wiping child nose be extremely
careful to leave the nose. Some parents
use 50 much unnecessary strength in
doing this that they find when it is
too late that they have wiped the nose
of pet child into space. Nothing
gives more needless pain. Nothing can
be more pitiful than the child's first
look ofsorrow and disappointment when
he starts 20 wipe his nose and discovers
that it is gone. Pause, fond parent
while the wipe is III its incipiency, and
resolve that you Will spare his nose. 1t
can be of no use to you, and the loss of
ii will be constant source of annoyance
to the child.
Teach your ch III the Leauty of frank
ness and oprn candor toward all. I'M
press upon h m the beauty of be- ng
what you appear to Le, and hate de-
cept on everywhere. II you VII fondle
| him and dote on h nj in society and
| crk h m aldheaded in the seclusion of
| the home circle, he will readily under
| stand what you mean. Children soon
lean that if you hug Their | tile giz-
| yards fat while visitors a.e atoIt, and
| then, when the home life is again re-
/ suned, YOU throw them down cellar
and wear out table leg on their chub-
| by limbs, that fe is real life is earnest,
and the squa e-toed, open, frank pol CT
is not gene ally n use.
| Pa ents should impress upon the r
children the beauty of self-sacritice and
self-abnegation. # they know what that
| is: | don't. II the should be but one
piece of pie, give it to ''poo- sick
! papa" 1t may kill him, and after the
iune al your oung lfe will be one pro.
lonocd hallelu ah and rose tnted
whoop' emup Ii n ane.
Parents should not be ,ostantly sus
| pic o,ls o: their children. This will in
eyitably breed hypoc isy and unreliable
ity Ii you fear that " ur son is play
ing pin-pool, do not break down your
constitution and bring on delirium
trymens hang NC around the pool tables
watch ne all night for him. He will
look upon you w tn distrust, and nc
doubt at last tell you to 90 and soak
your head
Do not constantly tell your boy .'how
talp' he is-that he grows like $
weed finally make him think he
is a giraffe. If you keep it up you vii
finally make round-shouldered, awk
ward, bashful bean-pole out of a mighty
good-looking boy. If every tail boy il
this country will agree to lick ever,
wooden headed man who tells hin
show he does grow will agree te
ho'd the coat of said tall boy. | an
now dealing with subject on which
happen to be informed. The same ru.t
applies to girls as well. If you want tt
make your daughter fall over the piano
and yearn to climb tree whenever sh'
sees anyone come toward the house
tell her '.what great swalloping tom
boy she is getting to be-" In this way
if parents act judiciously and in con
cert, we can soon have nation o
young men and women whose manner
and carriage will be as beautiful and q
symmetrical as the plaster cast of ;
sore toe.--BiU Nge, IN Denrer Opinion