El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-29
Magging

THE TROUBLE with our day is that
it is too self conscious Mother
hood, the education OF children,
patriotism, art, religion these should
be spontaneous. simple, natural, not
tormentinE. chastising, burdened with
I self importance. All are as natural
/ as the breath Of life. and about as
] common We cannot deny any OF
I them If we viii
But we get TO milling over them,
and to watching our own attitude
! about them ali, and thinking that
what We think about them all is the
! most important thing in the world,
: when really all OF them were in the
/ beginning. are now, and ever shall
I be, and II we rest in them instead Of
I pulling them TO pieces and worrying
them and fretting about just where
we. stand. the world would roll
around much more easily and life
would be more buoyaut and more
golden.
1t is swinging off into the blue to
trust in the Lord a bit and not
analyze ones own position too de-
liberarely.
Occasionally one finds some one
saying something on a mOoted ques-
ton that clears the way After all
il is big human experience, the ex-
perience Of men and women who have
accomplished something in the world
that IS a safe guide.
Men and women and teachers
worry a good bit about the discipline
Of children and far be IL from
humble para grapher to interfere with
anything grownups enjoy so much
as the discipline Of the young Dis
ciplininE children reminds one Of the
big Xorkshirenan who was beaten
up tremendously by his small but
fiery lady. The neighbors and con-
stabulary hearing the fracas en-
~ 60 he Ia Tnr
increasing her fury when the hus-
band cried. Let be, let be. IL amuses
she and dooent hurt L" It amuses
parents TO think they they are ire
mendously important when they dis
c5pliue their offspring.
To arrive closer TO the point in
question, W H Hudson. whose out
of-door books are particularly de-
lighting book loving FL Pasoans this
spring, says IN his Far Away and
Long Ago. Another picture Is Of
ny mother, at close OF the day. when
We children, after our supper Of
fread and milk. join in the last grand
fr0lic on the green before the house.
I see her sitting out Of doors watch
Ing our sport with a smile, her book
lying in her lap and the last rays
OF the setting sun shining on her
face When I think Of her I remem-
Der with gratitude that our parents
seldom OF never punished us. and
never, Unless We went too far. in
our domestic discussions or tricks,
even chided us This, am convinced.
is the right attitude for parents to
observe, modestly to admit that ma
ture is wiser than they are, and to let
their Little ones follow, as far as
possible, the bent OF their own minds
OF whatever IL is they have in the
place Of minds"
Children are scolded ana nagged
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ordered about and interfered with
and summarily disposed Of much
more than is good for them Care
lessness and neglect may be better
FOR them than naEging and brooding
and lowering forever too close. God
IN his heaven, the child himself his
natural tendency towards enlighten-
ment II he be allowed to find the
light for himself, these are stronger
influences IN making a good. useful. I
and perhaps powerful citizen than
seedlings or WhippinEs or ,naggings
ever can be. E NICE. S.