The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-09-29
A Fathers Power
In His House.
The Father Has a Very Active Part
To Perform in the Training
OF His Children.

The father has a very active part
to perform in the training of his
children, no matter whether he
counts himself or not. The mother
may be willing to do and she may
try hard to accomplish, but she is
not alone in trying to conquer this
great responsibility. The attitude
of neglect or Indifference on the IA
theirs part is an object lesson that
will never pass the public eye un-
needed. It is not necessary to
assume that either the father or
mother can teach what the other can,
or that in any way the work of the
two is opposite in character, or that
the burden of training lies wholly
upon the mother. and that the fathers
part is only to maintain and support
her. Oh, what sad mistake this is
on the fathers part, and many and
many is the father who thinks he
has fulfilled the marriage contract
by doing only this. It is the action
of both parents which is founded on
one and the same purpose; in all, it
forms beautiful whole. In occu-
patton and opportunity, the father
can relieve the mother of several
kinds of care that are not easy for
her to perform; he can teach a great
many things more easily and peace
fully than she can. 1t all lies within
the power of the father to call and
draw special attention to business,
the sources of food, the laws of build
ing and maintaining. He, also, has
a great many opportunities to place
before the children, such as the value
of education in the best form of the
word. The father who keeps in
touch with his children's school life
forms a large part in shaping the
children's future. He should care
fully and often inspect the actual
workings of the school to know its
fitness to his children's needs and he
may find that little home assistance
along this line will remove stun
bling blocks from backward chill
dren's feet, or in other cases he may
find conditions that not only need
his attentions, but also that of his
fellow voters. This latter occurrence
very seldom happens in this grand
and noble country of ours today, but
nevertheless, it is always the fathers
moral support of the school and
rightful authority that go a long way
toward helping his children get the
best out of their opportunities.
| 1t is the mothers part to train hel
children in details of right from
wrong and little by little she car
help them to form good habits
meantime the father can be very
bulwark to her every effort. It lies
within his province to teach the value
of truthfulness. obedience to the law
fidelity to trust, loyalty to the coun
try by concrete examples takeI
| from his own experiences. He hal
no lack of opportunity to put his
boys in the right attitude toward
questions of finance, the finance tha
leads TO the boys own pockets.
know of fathers reaping success
along this line by taking their boy
into partnership.
Again, the mother can do much to
ward developing her sons into mode
| husbands and her daughters int.
J, ideal wives. The father can com,
to the mother's assistance in thi
t. respect by showing his attitude to
, ward women in general, and espe
: cially toward his wife and daughters
J In this way he can most beautiful!
and thoughtfully demonstrate tn
/ truth Of the adage: Examples an
; far better than instinct A fathe
J who bids the sons, help your mo
7 ther," and makes arrangements s
that the son can act as escort 70
mother or sister. when an escort
i desirable. is doing q great deal "a