Show 1 MATFItNAt DUTIES Educating Children In Otluralf and f I fbjtlcal IJyBlero I f Hygiene in the home means more than merely carefully 3crubbng ont the corners disinfecting cellars drains etc all very neee sarj thin s in their way but not of 1b Importance tbat personal hygiene is Every boy and girl should be thoroughly taught the sanitary science of Ihing and in or er tbal hey sball understand the question they must have a comprehension of the fact fploglcal laws of their btlng in uctf young people should undergo a Foil moral sanitation Where tbere is ignorance there is crime and when a person commits crime violates tbe law I whether be knows the law or not be I must suffer punishment Where we violate hygienic laws we win surely be I I punished Mothers all o > er the lgmi are responsible for mistakes the par of their children committed through ignorance and for crimes on the part of others which that ignorance made easy They may never know the con Eequensts of their neglect bu many achild bearsllfe long reiultsand manj tmesthe had I only known would I till Ube mothers heart with deepest sorrow did she hear it ar > d know the woe and misery which fortfcd Into expression I It is Vinlfc mothers realized the awful i rss iKJufclblhty which rests Upon them ranu meet it truly bravely and intelli tthlly They are training human brings for the future training Iht m for good or evil for joy sadness Much of whit that future must be rests upon the mother The child must be taught to reason to know right from wrong must know of quicksands to avoid them 2o one fears that of which he knownotbing Many mothers excuse themselves with I dont know how Then learn it is a duty to themselves and to their children V motherowes herself careful training and preparationmen = tally morally rand physically pefore she undertakes the sacred offices of maternity No mother has any right to be ignorant concerning those things rrhioa may be ol vital concern to her child Purely and prayerfully teach children what they should know prepare them for the trials and temptations they must meet In the great world while they are vet in the home where they may be taught The world will be hard enough if they are thoroughly prepared to grapple with the problems it presents but if Unprepared with pitfalls on every hand and not knowing of them it would be rare indeed if they did not stumble IntQ some of them XVIth Amendment |