Show I S C AS THE TWIG TWIG IS BENT I John D. D Rockefeller According to ler er Jr it is a good thing for I I any boy to work vork his way up from the bottom And Mr Rockefeller adds I have sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times regretted th that t I did not have that sort of chance andI and I have coveted it for my boys I Bringing up children is one 1 of the things to which the younger younger Mr 1 Rockefeller has given givena a great deal of thought and attention He sums up his conclusions on the matter in the current issue of the American Magazine 1 as follows The essence of the problem it seems to me is this that the will of the parents should not be beI I arbitrarily imposed upon the child Until the age of eight o Orten or orten ten it is impossible to discuss the reason for many things but after that parental guidance can increasingly take the form of discussion and suggestion Children should be helped ho to form the habit of doing things for the themselves thing elves things that need to be done whether done whether they like to do them or not I II I think that many children of todaY today today to to- the willpower will vill willpower day are not developing power and self mastery that are essential to the solution of lifes life's problems My l father had to chop wood and do the milking He probably ly didn't like doing the chores any better than most boys but buthe buthe buthe he acquired the habit of doing the things he did not like to do His ill vill was vas trained and it helped him to cope with other other other oth oth- er difficulties John D. D Jr has applied these principles in bringing up his own children To teach them the fundamentals of economics he gave them each an allowance of thirty cents a week when they were seven or eight years old The understanding was that they were to save and to give as well welI as spend And he made them keep their own accounts accounts ac ac- counts which he audited week week- ly A few years later when hen they were getting a dollar dolIar a week for spending money 1 Mr Mr- r. r Rockefeller instituted a system o of rewards and demerits desIgned designed designed de de- de- de signed to teach the children accuracy accuracy accuracy ac ac- ac- ac curacy in keeping their ac ac- ac- ac counts If the account book was correct the child got the following week if incorrect only 95 cents This system is of value because because bee be be- e cause of the underlying underlying- principle i pIe says IIi Mr Rockefeller I 1 I I |