The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-16
PARENTS As EDUCATORS


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Have you ever stopped 20 con.
slider chat most 0f the annoying
thing thnt children DO are not de-
liborate dia0hodlenrc7 Most Of the
time they act either thoughtlersly
or through mistake
Just glance over today for ln.
stance in your own home. You feel
tired and nervous and know hat
things have seemed to 90 wrong.
And you probably have scoldcd The
children FOR doing things that made
you trouble or work Bot did they
really mean to3
julia tore her new bingham dress
climbing tree 90 rescue hugHins,
The pet kitty Now JIlin didn't Say,
"Im going 90 climb This tree and
tear my drou because mother isn't
looking BIT she came along nome
from school and tw poor kitty
y0wlIug from lho t0pmut branch,
where Fid0 had chased her And IN
Iuliaa hear was .uef one desire.
fo help ben pet down She acted on
impulse and not horaIar She iu-
tended 90 disohey
Now De- hole n BOO 'he dra and
nls fp bo mendod but surely u
wn fhink of fhr accident Ya such
and nof ns direct Disregard ~
our commands. we can feel nn re-
sentiment toward thr child we
mothers lll tore our dresses when
ue were small and our mothers bad
90 mend them So lct Is not cIHsf-
nv uch acts as these under disco
hedience. But lot us now consider
another incident You have told
Julia not 10 loiter on The way home
from school but she goes over t0
Mary's and plays until five O'Clock
and you DO not know where she s
This h direct disohedionce Bot
right here b. secret which every
mother knows although she may not
admit H. II child has been con.
sistently taught 20 come home a.
once from the very first day she
started 90 kindergarten, she VIII
never 20 TO another child's house
and stay until five o'clock without
permission. This b. vital point
There must be- no hii-and.miss obed.
fence. To spank child one day
FOR lettering and then go off 90 the
club the next day and leave her
10 wander about as she pleAses af-
ter school h not consistent discipline
and any child soon realizes this
Constant obedience becomes nstinr-
tive habit, and the success Of the
whole system depends on starting
in time 10 discipline and mnintain
steady hand even though it somr-
times b announcement for the par
cnts.
when baby first starts delibcra-
tely 20 throw his spoon of his high
chair and throw his porridge about.
that is the time 10 teach obedience
10 the laws Of table manners. When
he first hits you with his little fist
because YOU have rcproved him FOR
misdcmeanor- o. the time
10 instil into his mind respect
for authority, and do it each time
he strikes until ii becomes habit I
with him 20 respect you and your
commands
The secret Of making obedience |
a habit n Keeping a steady hold |
over the child's actions and direct
ing him always in each little action I
until deliberate disobedience Is re-
duced TO minimum. To forbid the |
child not TO do a thing one day |
and then 20 permit him To do the
same thing the next day IL a course
Of action which gives him no def
mite idea Of what real obedVnce u. |
"Consistency--tho art a jewel" is
no more truly applicable anywhere
than In discipline u children. And |
the next law Of successful training /
in obedience Is TO discriminate
wisely between the act Of impulse
and the malice-aforethought con-
duct.