Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-02
MOTHERS CORNER.

often wonder why it is that SO few
children are neat and orderly in then
habits, and yet 1t Is one of the easiest
lessons they can learn, and, if rightly
taught, it soon becomes a confirmed
habit, as well as a source of pleasure,
and saves many a mother from weary
steps and aching back. To make them
so, We must see that they have a con-
venient place in which to put every
thing, or 1t Is useless irving to teach
them; then, having allotted a proper
niche for all their childish belongings,
required that they retur2 each one to
its place when not in use. Undoubted-
| ly, IN this respect, as in others, there is
IA vast dIfferencein children; some, from
the beginning, only require an occa-
sional word and gentle direction; others
are perhaps so utterly careless and un-
/ tidy, that one almost despairs of ever
teaching them; but persevere, firmly
and kindly; they will learn in time, and
orderly, methodical habits once formed
Will never be forgotten.
A child should early be taught con-
troll of his temper, for a good temper is
one of the principal ingredients of harp
| piness; this usually Is the gift of nature
and born with US; yet it Is often ac-
| quired and always improved by culture.
Parents are frequently much more to
| blame for their children's hasty, violent
tempers than they may imagine. How
many of them, while Furnishing little
one for a display of passion, themselves
| make even a worse exhibition 1t Is
useless to endeavor to make q child
| control his temper, if you give way to
your own; therefore, always think twice
when vexed or excited, before you
| speak. As children have less self-con-
] troll than adults, it is b st to turn their
! attention from that which excites them
| to something else.
Selfishness Is, L think, one of the
greatest faults our faulty human na-
| lures are prone to. OF course, 1t Ii
born in some, but with many it is large
/ ly the result of habit and training. Its
! first beginnings in n child should be
carefully watched and repressed. 10y
| gentle means, if possible; If not, then
| for every selfish act require that the
little one make one of self-denial, and
deprived for time of that of which he
would selsshly deprive another. A
mother by the quiet unselfishness oi
her own life, may fill her children with
such a desire to be like her, that they
instinctiyely do as she does, and grow
up into unselfish men and women.
What character can be more beautiful
and admirable than a thoroughly un
selfish one? 1 have read, somewhere
that child's heart is like a garden
capable of producing, under good cul
ture, every thing beautiful and desira
BILE in humanity, while, if neglected, i
is choked up with every kind of ranl
and poisonous weeds. If SO, how tru,
it is that good mother is best adapted
to the task of sowing good seeds anC
rearing beautiful flowers. With propel
management a child can be trained il
almost any direction. The key to tn,
great difficulty lies in a thorough anC
correct comprehension of the natur'
and disposition with which one has Il
deal, and who can or should be so gooc
Judge of that as the mother? 1t i
our privilege and duty, by Gods bless
ing, to bring up the children He la
entrusted to us, to be and do that whicl
they ought to be and do, rather thai
what they would like TO be and do
When parents do their best to maxi
noble Christian men and women o
their children, the result is usually sue
cessful, and brightens and gladden.
their own lives until the grave close
over them. We all know of some saC
failures; vet what an inestlmable com
fort and Joy it must be to the poo
mothers aching heart, when she cal
feel assured that her loved one wen
astray through no neglect or bad ex
ample of her owni
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