Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-03-14
Give the Girls a Change.

ave do" almost every mother
and father who reads this article
say very positively-;lt first. Think
Il moment. Do your girls have al
equal Gliance with the boys? Do
they have the same chance for
health, out dooreXerciSe and health
giving sports! Do they have the
same opportunity for going to see
the neighborS, the same chance for
travelling Il little DISTANCE into the
citys DO you realize tIllt they as
well us the boys have Il right to
all the benefits Of travel aud asso.
citation with educated persons?
Have you given them just the same
education. just the Same rewards
for their labor, just the same evil
dence, we do not say Of our love,
but Of your thoughtful care oftheir
future?
Every boy and girl is a separate
person, and the personality OF each
must be respected. Teach each
perfect SelI-depenlence; teach them
to think and act tOr them Selves
Strive by education to correct the
little faults of each. to strengthen
them when they are weak, to re
strain them when too impnlSive, to
stimulate them when lagging-both
alike, boy ANA girl, are entitled to
exactly the same careful training.
IT you are wise, Tor neither boy
nor girl TO you undertake to decide
the serious and important ques
tons Of life. Advise with them;
give them the benefit Of your own
experience; warn them, but let the
final decision rest with each indi
vidual. We are writing now notof
the children in the nursery, but
those who have left it and are app
preaching years Of discretion
Make them your companions and
your friends, but teach them THAT
they have instincts which must
often guide them, anil wills which
should not be broken, and hopes
and ambitions the realization of
which must depend on them selves.
1t is necessary again and again
to repeat these IDEAS in connection
with the girls. We tell the boy,
"you mnSt," but to his sister how
often we say, ''you must not" un-
able even to give to our own mind
any reason which fully justifies
such il prohibition.
Girls have certain duties which
they owe to themselves. as boys
have; they have given them facul-
ties which must I've developed us
faithfully and rs fully as possible.
In order to reach the highest type
OF character, the same freedom Of
culture, the same permission to do
what she feels called on to do.must
be given to her as to him. We are
too much given to considering her
Il dependent creature, to be
he. ped in Il different wayand hind
cred often. 1t Is not fair, and the
injury done is done to both. Men
and women will naturally follow
different callings and take up diff
! ferent work, as II rule. There is no
danger that with freedom Of choice
will come chaos, but it is true that
from much Of the opposition I'M
posed on girls, come morbidneSS.
and weakness, and characters
warped in many ways. Tile high
eSttypc Of womdnhood comes where
the woman with the highest ideals
is free to follow them, or does follow
them in face of universal restraint.
nthis connection we takean extract
from IL paper in the Popular Sci
ence Monthly, on physical Train
ing Of Girls" written by Dr.. LII
cy NJ. Hall:
San eminent French writer has
said, :When You educate IL boy. you
perhaps educate a man; but, when
you educate Il girl, you are laying
The foundation for the education of
a family lie might have added
that to tins end the physical train
ing was RI equal Importance with
the men al.
'.In Il csc days the subject of the
physical training Of young men is
occupying much attention, and the
discussions are broad and full Of
interest. The fault is, that the
needs of both sexes in this respect
are not equally considered.
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