Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-11

of anger Is no part or dlSc1pllne. SOT- rection should also be done with a. positiveness that leaves no doubt in the childs mind what his course IS to be-
 Sternness is seldom necessary. Al low the child every liberty that comes within the limits of propriety; use few don'ts; but when the word is once said, enforce it. Make him happy and enter into his pleasures as enthusias- stically as you know how; but when I you tell him to do a thing let him l mind without any hesitation Do not speak but once. If he does not obey lsthes first time, do something that will impress his mind with the fact that VOL meant what you said the first ], time you said it. Let him understand that your word is law.
 1 The mother who threatens her chill sdren with punishment a dozen times J to every one she administers it is 1snever obeyed. Her children know that she is apt to lie twelve times first and being naturally optimiStS they think of
 the thirteenth time when they will
 have to obey as in the far distant fu- ture.
 1 As child grows older we must rec l ognfze his individuality. Some chil- 1 dren are far more difficult to manage than others; but secretly most people
 have doubts about the parents of a I child who does not mind well. It re- Il quires not only good judgment but a
 fondness for children to attain good
 discipline in ones family. The rod is not popular at the present time, I
 know, but some children still need it. I The same kind of punishment re-
 peated time and time again is often in- II effectual in a child who is hard to
 manage. A child who is shut in the
 fl closet every time he is naughty soon z learns to amuse himself even to the point of forgetting that he is being
 punished. If we can manage to show } our scorn of his misdeeds in some un- expected way, it is far more apt to make an impression on him. Above all do not punish him too often. Try to make his happiness your object, and obedience as a natural con- sequence to your wishes. An entirely } different tack may be taken up when
 one kind of treatment has been tried : ana found wanting.
 } have known a child to improve : lwonderfully in his behavior when the ' parents have overlooked his misdeeds and stopped all punishment for 8 5 while. Teasing has ruined the dispo- g sition of many child Older hfldren } an uncle or aunt. and some parents Fl too, I am sorry to say, may make a chiid's life utterly miserable by con-
 stant teasing.
 TruthfuIness and honesty are not born in every child, but it may always
 be acquired if we take the trouble to
 teach it. In the first place, never tel ] an untruth to child yourself. If you l l make a practice of it, he is not tc r blame for acquiring the habit, too g Then never allow an untruth to be tOlG e by him without letting him see thai s you know it is not the truth. Do mol ,. make too much of it, but simply cor n rect the statement. unless lying has
 become a fixed habit.
 s do not mean that you should doubi his word constantly, for that leads hin }, to think you expect untruthfulness o. him, and he surely will not disappoin 0 you if you do. Remember that there t I is a. certain age when the child is very !, imaginative and this tendency should
 be encouraged for imagination is. . very valuable trait if it is under con. Il trol. In fact. I believe in imaginative e stories being told to children both tt 5, encourage the trait and to enable then ' lying.
 e For instance, if you tell him tall
 about himself that is purely imagina s tive, he will say: 'Is it a true story O .- fooling one, mother?"
 s Asking questions is a much dis e cussed subject. Answer childs sen is sible questions so long as he is inter .e ested enough to listen to the answe d and remember it afterward. The yer, e annoying habit of child's asking on
 Iquestion after another without wait 1T ing for an answer is to be discour e aged Always answer truthfully an j. do not try to make him feel that yo o ar. infallible, for he will lose fait 1t when he finds you are not.
 y Above all. teach a child to be happy l. 1nstill happiness into him by bein n happy in his presence
 0 We often hear a mother say: 9Th -e children are so cross today" when .o is really because she has been in a bi
 of i'll humor herself. Things have nc g gone right and the children hay | nf rii iiofe ii n. Allow them every pleasure that wi = do no harm. so the spirit of ioyousnes st will blossom within them and they wi al learn to be happy even in diversity m Best wishes to all Cornerites ar MUNNER.