The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-10
ADVICE TO PARENTS.

All my LIE. This study has had spccisl
reference TO the probable futures OF them
individually My profession has brought
me into all sorts OF relationships with
them and has. therefore. given me Pc
cuiiar advantages along this line. Again,
have a vivid recollection OF my own
childhood, which was no, uneventful, For
these reasons | feel mere or less compe-
tent 10 advise parents with reference TO
the child's training, The fact that am
not parent myself gives me the advau-
tagc Of impartial judgment. | have no
individual hobbies along this line to cod
die, no set prcJudices derived from my
method OF managing u child to bias my
renterings. My remarks will necessarily
be brief, for have but little spaee At com
| mand.
First, mako companion OF your child
lie is blood of your blood and bone of
your bone aud because OF his littleness
| ana helpiesSnoss hClds a very strong and
sacred claim upon your time and atten-
uon' Al first, whno no is yet an incar-
| mated little vegetable YOU must cGuccda
| everything 10 him. As he ages. concoss-
ions Viii mutualizc II you, mother aud
| iatner, want him 10 be u second and i'm
| proved edition OF yourselves YOU must
care Of a nurse or governess and only see
| MIN at stated intervals. and then on dress
parade. he viii he your child only in the
| legal sense of the word. He viii absorb
| all his impressions of the right in human
character from his constant controlling
! companion. do not mean 10 say that
| nurses and goyornesses are not Rood
things to have. but do mean to say that
| their services should be limited To mere
| drudeery OF embarrassing, 10 with your
| child all YOU can. Draw close to him and
thus draw him close 10 you. Make n CON
ii6ant of him, and so increase his love for
you and foster his self-respeet and sense
| OF honor.
The dignificd GOODNESS and unapproach-
ability Of some parents TO their offspring
| constitutes drcadfu calamity. know
score of children from the ages Of 5 to
IL with whom ! am vastly better ao-
quaintcd than are their parents Is not
that a terrible state of affairs Hover
over your little ones with your oyershad-
| owing love, even as the mother bird
hovors her brides with her warm protect
| ing body. Let them peep out from their
nests in your hearts upon tho great
throbhing world, as the hirdlings peep
| from under their mothers wings. So shall
they honor and protect YOU when you
shall have become their children.
II must not be inferred from tho fore
| going that chid's tethor must be it's
mothers apron string, The idea is this
r,t,r, - q VolnpI'lo "oniesNo ana sonihl
~ ,als WY pctWoen parent ann chhd. the
| largest discretion may be allowed the
child. Anchored by mutual love aud
| made wise by parental counses the child
| can be given perfect freedom CT action
II VIII not abuse its privileges and aues-
| ions OF doubt, 1t viii submit to It's par
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