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Show Children Who Contradict, f A natural habit ot erery child Is to contradict, and this should bo overcome over-come as soon as a boy or girl develops It, for ot all disagreeable and overbearing over-bearing persons those who aggressively aggressive-ly contradict are among the ..worst. Parents cannot be too particular In teaching' their sons and daughters to disagree courteously, which Is not at all Incompatible with doing It positively. posi-tively. "I bog your pardon, but you are mistaken," Is quite as much ot a contradiction as saying "It isn't," and It Is tar better manners. "I think you are mistaken" is another way of expressing ex-pressing the opinion. A mother need not be afraid ot making hor child a fTftk prig by teaching htm such little 'Et things. They aro as Important to him as a knowledge of how to speak gramatlcally. |