Show PROBLEM OF HOW BEST TO PUNISH CHILD SERIOUS the problem of how best to pun ish a child to help him or her to understand the error of his ways so that a like mistake will not be made repeatedly Is one of the things which puzzles parents should the child have careful explanations of why the thin thing Is wrong for which he Is punished should he learn to obey arbitrarily with the reliance on father and mothers word and judg ments being right should corporal punishment be banned in favor of restrictions when many different methods have been tried and still no change for the better Is the result the problem assumes grave aspects as there Is a tendency to disregard rightful rules this Is of course assuming that the parent parents s judgment Is correct and not capricious A child soon appreciates when the disciplining Is not just children are governed in so many different ways that no hard and fast rule can be given that will ap ply in all cases but as a general thing very little folk have to de pend upon mother mothers s and father s commands being final for this rea son parents should learn to be guard ed tn in what they demand of their little ones implicit obedience of officers commands seldom under stood by soldiers is expected in army life but home life Is a differ ent matter affection Is the guiding power the parents love their children so much they want to bring them up to have respect for their judgments to understand that what was done was to help them to ad just to life to deport themselves in an upright and honorable way to strengthen home affiliations and at the game same time to teach them self government and that independence which Is founded on a respect for the laws of the land the reaction of training the chil dren in these things Is beneficial on the parents their high ideals for their off spring are stimulating the knowledge that they themselves are patterns of excellence and rep resent all the virtues to the children whose belief in their goodness is steadfast and also their belief in the gb goodness of other people is founded on this faith in them bring abrl out fine traits and qualities in th the e older folk Q bell syndicate service |