The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-02-17
HOME TRAINING.
Do We Give Our Children Enough Sym
pathy and Consideration?

Do We Give Our Children Enough Sym
pathy and Consideration?
II is not unusual to hear the mothers Of
grown families assert that their children
when young never disobeyed them. 1t Is
only charitable to suppose that they must
have forgotten many little everyday occur
rences, but il Is nevertheless a fact that
those assertions have caused young moth
ers much unhappiness. The higher educa-
tion Of home discipline is TO train child
to self government. and the question some
times arises whether implicit obedience in
children always generates characters best
fitted to withstand temptation.
That there is nothing so sweet and Iowa
BILE or that adds more TO the comfort and
happiness Of parents than a dutiful. obe-
dent child, must be conceded by every OBJ
server Of domestic life. That restless,
disobedient child is a thorn in the flesh to
its parents is equally true, but any num-
Der Of cases could be cited where those
same disobedient children have become
men and women possessing strict upright
ness and principle. 1t is quite possible TO
teach child at n very early age that its
faults and failngs only react upon itself.
II IL will play with the fire IL Is wisdom
| sometimes to allow IL TO burn its fingers.
But to see every fault unless 1t be griev-
Gus one) is no doubt often unwise. and that
is why too little training often seems TO
bring about better results than the use OF
excessive parental authority.
The rule OF gentle persuasion also seems
TO fail with some temperaments, and n
sound spanking may tide over present diff
iculties; but a sensible parent looks fur
Their than the mere present, and trains a
child for self government and future use
fulness. Put yourself in his place" Is
scarcely ever thought Of as n rule to be ap
piled to children, and it is question If II
is not one that would bring about good
results in making the judgment OF Older
people more just and lenient. Truly young
hearts sometimes carry heavy burdens
made needlcssly 50 because grown peopI,
will so soon forget their own childhood.
People forget that the courage Of n littlI
: child who owns to fault may be greater
. than that OF the grown man who confessei
to wrongdoing. The one may have word
and arguments and Qualifications ready n
hand, and is quite sensible Of the fact tha
the acknowledgment OF his fault. what
ever it may be, reflects credit on himself
aud he must have been indeed great sin
I ner not to feel that there are others VIII
= can sympathize with him, having beef
a similarly tempted.
- Possibly with his knowledge OF the worl'
!. he may have accepted the too common in
y depreciation Of the commandment whicl
a says. Thou shalt not lie" to read. Tho
e may'st II it be justifiable;" but the littl
e shrinking child. to whom sin is sin. an
q every falsehood is written down in boo
|. kept by Gods angel-it is pitiful to thin
d of the want Of sympathy with which hi
e little story Of faults committed is some
o times accepted.
; Who shall say that the child is not NOR
?. courageous than the man. or that it is nc
:. often wise to condone fault that is freel
Il confessed or that even willful disobcd
e ence may not sometimes be safely ovei
l. looked, if at the same time habits OF trutl
fulness are encouraged. Children rs we
= as older people are apt to live up to wa
e Is expected OF them, and to accuse n chill
N Of falsehood is often the means Of pointin
'e the first step in the way of untruthfulnes
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