The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-11-01
MOTHERS SOMETIMES LAY DOWN
scEPTER TOO EARLY.
Mistake to Allow Children to Hurry
Parents Out Of Middle Age, Where
They Belong, Into Old Age,
Says Writer.
BY MARGARET e. sANesTER.

Copyright by Joseph Il. Bowlesl
In the history OF every home q
period is reached when the mothers
stop training the children and the
children begin training the mothers.
The process Of training always In
wolves disagreeable side to the per-
sons trained. Children, for instance,
see when grown up that the truest
kindness to them was shown when
they were not allowed to have their
own way, but in the early years they
often enough felt rebellious when re-
strained or denied. The moulding
touch may be so gently given and edu-
cation may be conducted with 80 much
tact that pleasure predominates. AS
rule, there Is some friction during
training whether colts or children or
parents are the subjects.
Mothers arrive by imperceptible
stages at the point where they cease
to take the initiative and the children
take 1t for them. Occasionally they
feel mild surprise when grown up
daughter calmly advises them to do
| this or not to do the other; when
there is interference with their dress,
their comings and goings, and when
innovations are introduced In the
| household management. A strong
willed mother does not easily yield
her precedence and In her case the
children have to wait until fit OF i'll
ness, a long visit or an absence OF
some sort gives them their oppor.
tunity. Once she yields an inch, they
take an ell. The maternal sceptre
laid down temporarily is seldom re-
sumed with its previous vigor. Often
the training OF the middle aged mother
is so tenderly and sweetly undertaken
and accomplished that she slips into
the background without being aware
that she has practically abdicated hei
position as queen.
Yet 1t happens every day that WON
en- by no means old, not at all weak
ened In mind or body, and as thor
oughIy conyersant with affairs as evel
they were, simply through granting
concessions to their adoring children
lose the rank of reigning sovereign t.
which they are entitled.
persuade you that you must take carr
Of yourself, that you must not go her
Or go there, or get too tired" said
wise man to friend.
Going down hill needs no exertion
1t is just the lightest push here at tn
top of the hill and off you speed neve
climbing back again. Children ofte
hurry mothers out of middle age wher
they belong into old age where the
do not belong"
X There is very beautiful an
# thoughtful education of mothers, S
IS exceptional and so gracious that 1t
Al worth mentioning in any discussion {
e. the question. Thousands Of mother
d are so busy with housekeeping an
,e bringing up children that they los
st heart about keeping up their readin
m and they sit in the presence Of the
h. collegebr sons and daughters fee
it ing that they are miserably deficieI
t" and hardly fit to breathe the same a
lie mosphere, with their gifted offsprin
Is II stand by the side of the road an
is gaze at my daughter almost wit
es awe" confessed a mother who had I
lie excuse for such profound humllit
I'd Another, filled with JOY and pride
II the triumphs of a son whose GENT
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