The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-16

ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.Mo.
BY IMOGENE MASON.

- WAS walking down a mountain road thu other lay, ao l met q nan sho.
little girl going in the opposite direction. The little sa "a szpnanans
= sonoa.hins to her father with srat enthusiasm; bt it appeared to me tina
th. fatb.rs ought were IN ANOTHER matter M that he was not Interested in
what his daughter wa. saying. At intervals I conld hear him say in III tones
Cant you look where you are going and keep out o he puddesr as 1t wal
after a shower
Well reader that is not the proper "a to act toward our children. Let
harsh words be few nd far between. Some day you Will sag Il wish ! had .
son like soandso" o a daughter. perhaps. whichever 1t may No.
You car, IL you g he right "a about IT, Neverp ws your nloren ~ q Tor
ANYTHING. They come first, and remembers they are here It you will not their
own. No matter how small they nay be- give them you stenio when they
are talking to III. It develops their minds to discuss something h at happened
that day. and IL in their conversation 10 note my nina eH"s O@'S''
them. n observe when he word Is used again whether 1t Is pronounced ccr-
recuy. 1t is never toe Early to correct words mispronounced by children Tbs
fact that a child car speak is significant tha h time la arrived for the de-
ye1opment of his or her mind. Don't say 1t is time enough when hey Q Q 30
school The foundation to their education must be laid by you
All mother begin as soon as possible tot teach their children nat prayer,
Now I lay me to Sleep" ant att the same time she should begin to educate
them In ccordanc with their powers IF reasoning.
Ones education nd development of mind depend largely on home taintns
not the lays, months ant ears they spend in school The president OF a home
and school leagu said in n address that mothers should g o rack to school
again to get in close. intimate touch with the school nfeo o their children She
said that the boy has IN inspiration N a heightened incentive to do good work
when lie knows that his father has looked wei his papers in the schooroom
and when hi mother has sat in his sat n looked over his desk and talked
with his teacher.
The most parents 10 nowadays is to sign their chldren's report cards, with
out nterrogating them N this low mark or why they were so many days absent
without their consent. THEREIN us be absolute cooperation between parents n
their children in the matter of study, If you d not want thu I'm afforded them
for education wasted.
Young nan for our " good, give your attention to you children In ny
way that will help to develop their minds. Take them around and show them
things thatw will be Of value to them There is nothing % harmful is keeping
you children close; it makes them awkward. But bow all things. do nt
allow them to affiliate with Older people or take prtin their conversations Let
them be children, not old men an woner, FOR sch cases ared ssustn and
reflect OF the parents
\ word with regard 10 dscphning children would seem to be In order, when
% consider how ONE children are treated. Mothers and fathers do nt take
time to consider what injury they may do "a child by beating 1t numerically
that is to say striking it in the face, overt he head or across the ack kicking
or batterng it in any way.
The odfmmoned way of chasising ehndren-spankins-I think should APP
peal to most everyone as the best, it being the most effective and thu least
injurious to the physical development Oft the child.
Remember children are what you make them, m II they go astray this
parents are the only ones responsible.