Show parental guidance Gui 1 dont expect a child to grasp ideas mother finds difficult to understand THERE HERE is such a thing as ex pecking too much of your children this does docs not mean that a child should be excused for disobedience provided of course rules nor does it apply to impertinence nor any of the regulations for the kindly development that it is clear in the childs mind that his or her action is against and upbringing bringing up of a child however the demands of child study sometimes make mothers expect as much of a child as would be expected of an adult and should their youngsters fall fail to come up to the standard set for them mothers especially get a distressed apprehension that their beloved offspring are not quite up to normal mentally although they may be in robust health to have havel such fears is a serious matter for parents and the he reaction of such thoughts on a child is detrimental individuality in children is pronounced and all children do not respond in like manner to suggestions many of which are accepted by the parents themselves only after much child study it is a mistake to attempt to force ideas too deep for it into a childs mind or to probe it with a dissecting scrutiny that embarrasses or offends the child it is an inherent right of childhood to think its own thoughts arld and see ith its own mind just as much as it is an adult privilege to do these things to guide children with love that Is strong enough to be reasonably lenient and reasonably strict in in dealing out deserved punishments not severe but corrective this is expected of parents for tuna tely there is intuition to aid them and the intent t to 0 fit their offspring to cope with wi th the world in a conquering way such love has keen perceptions parental warmth and tenderness and a remembrance mem brance of their own childhood days to guide them it must be realized that the theory and practice of bringing up children are as widely divergent as these two things are in every held field there is ever a happy medium a balanced combination of the two that must prevail for the best results there is IE no substitute for fine practical experience peri ence theory must be swayed by parental experience in the upbringing of children for it to be a aid in the building of their characters |