The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-10

Oh communities where every one was
| trying TO better himself or herseif
TO utter indifference toward the cues.
ton OIL their duty of betterine Others
| the duties as we'll as the privileges nj
motherhood came to be altogether foo
lightly valued. But now. when tbe
shocking increase OF Juvenile criminals
Is GAZING teachers and preachers for
| "aiu 70 urge that some training be
pro'iueu ei.her AT home or at school
| that snail glVeou young people a sub
! stratum OF character that can stand
against the temptations and evil in
! nuences that surround them: when
mothers and fathers are waking from
their lethargy and easy-going indul-
gence, to see their boys and girls going
headlong TO destruction mothers AIRS
| becoming aware OF the fact that their
| error, though committed unwittinplv.
| has been most serious one. They
are learning that thecause of it all lies
IN the TACT that they neglected to win
| and hold over the child the influenza
that would have kept the young man
| ana woman from the idle and selfish.
II not the wholly evil, life. To moth.
ers, therefore, who desire to escape the
| heartache that the careless mother ia
certainly preparlngfor her later years,
the following brief rules are commend
| ed. They do not cover, it is true, the
whole standard of mothers duties
but they show on what simple princi
| pies the formation of true and hon.
orable character rests, and more. on
what little things that mighty power
"a mothers influence built:
AS the boys grow up, make compan.
ions of them; then they will not seek
companionship elsewhere.
Let the children make noise some
times; their happiness is as important
as your nerves.
Respect their little secrets; if they
| have little concealments, worrying
| them will never make them tell, and
patience will probably do its work.
Allow them, as they grow older, to
have opinions of their own; make
them individuals and not mere echoes.
Remember that without physical
health mental attainment is worth.
less; let them lead free, happy lives,
which will strengthen both mind and
| body.
Bear in mind that you are largely
responsible for your child's inherited
character, and have patience with
| faults and failipgs.
Talk hopefully to your children of
life and It's possibilities; you have no
| right to depress them because you have
suffered.
Teach the boys and girls the actual
facts OF life as soon as they are old
| enough to understand them. and give
them the sense OF responsibility with
out saddening them.
Find out what their special tastes
are and develop them, instead OF
| spending time, money, and patience
in forcing them into studies that are
| repugnant to them.
As long as it is possible, kiss them
goodnight after they are in bed; they
| do like 1T so, and 1T keeps them very
close
If you have lost q child, remember
that for the one gone there is no more
| to do; for those remaining, every thing;
hide your grief for their sakes.
Impress upon them from early in
fancy that actions have results, and
that they cannot escape consequences
even by being sorry when they have
acted wrongly.
AS your daughters grow up teach
them at least the true merits oil house
keeping and cookery; they will thank
you for it in later life a great deal
| more than for accomplishments.
Try and sympathize with girlish
| flights of fancy, even if they do seem
| absurd to you; by so doing you will
retain your influence over your
daughters and not teach them to seek
sympathy elsewhere.
Remember that, although they are
| all your children, each one has an in
dividual character, ard that tastes
and qualities vary indefinitely.
Cultivate them separately, aud not
as if you were turning them out by
machinery.
Encourage them to take good walk
ing exercise. Young ladies i'll this
country are rarely good walkers
| They can dance all night but are tired
| out If they walk q mile. Girls ought
| to be able to walk as easily as boys.
Half the nervous diseases which af.
fict young ladies would disappear if
| the habit of regular exercises were en-
| couraged.
| heep up nlgn SUaIudlu Vi primer
| pies; your children will be your keen
est judges in the future. Do be honest
with them in small things as well as
great. If you cannot tell them what
they wish to know say so rather than
! deceive them.
Reprove your children for talebear-
ing a child taught to carry reports
from the kitchen to the parlor is de-
testable.
Send the youngsters to bed early;
decide upon the proper time and ad-
| here to it.
Remember that visitors praise the
children as much to please you as be
cause they deserve it, and that their
presence is oftener than not an atflic-
| ton.