Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-24
GELD TRAINING AT HOME
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By Nelia- Gardner White
 There Is, to my mind, nothing more potent for discipline or for creating | confidence between a mother and ner child than a twilight story hour"
 A daily. story time may sound like romance but it Is very practical and accomplishes more good than thou sand scoldings. There is story some where for every, phase of character growth, and any librarian will help a mother to find these stories. If there is no library available, there can be no better investment for the charac- ter building of your child than the pur- chase of a few good story books. The child lives in world of fiction. DO not deprive him of your companions ship in that legitimate, fascinating realm.
 There come in every day, small vex- ations, irritations because a child does not comprehend grown-up standards or is mischievous or wilful. Never let your boy or girl go to bed with the days tangle unsmoothed. I have heard mothers say, I'm too tired when night comei" or I'm going out to- night-I can't be bothered" The one who "can't be bothered" perhaps does not realize that man or woman with breadth of vision and an imagina- | ton to accomplish great things may be in the making during that few minutes of every evening. The mo- ther who is "too tired, and there are so many of them,-pefhaps does I'not know what blessed restfulness it is to have the children on her lap or about the fire with her, quiet after the days excitement, listening with wide eyes to the twilight story. 1t is as soothing to the mother as to the children, and there is an intimacy growing out of that time which never ceases to be blessing in after years
 You may say you have not the time to learn stories; would reading them do as well. For a score of reasons ii would not. If you are really desirous of the best for yo6r children and are
 looking for some way to make a beau
 tiful harmony out of your lives togeth-
 CT, you will find the time. It does not
 take more than a few minutes to reaC a story, and you can go over it 1T your mind while you are washing tho dishes or preparing the vegetables fol
 dinner. Perhaps the longest time re.
 quired is in choosing the right stor!
 to tell at the right time
 As you study these stories. you vii  banding too. There is a lesson fo
 grown-u ups in all the old fairy tale ! and in many of the new ones. Tn story hour will keep your imagination , from becoming dulled, it will quicker
 your sense of humor, it will make vol > young with your children and bette able to enter into every nook an, . cranny of their child life.
 Do not think that this method Q disciplining is too indirect, that tn
 moral of the story will be lost in tn
 interest of the story itself. It ha been proved repeatedly that this not true, even when it may seem so a e first.
 U U Be consistent in the storytelling U U you undertake it. do not do it on | night and neglect it the next. Max u u it part of every day and it will 500 - come to be the sweetest, most restfr !. and helpful time both to yourself an 2 your children.
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