OCR Text |
Show What Mothers should do- As-the boys j.rc .-,' up make companions of them; then tiny will not seek companionship com-panionship elsewiieictf Let the children make a noise sometimes, some-times, their happiness is aa important as-v. or nsrves. Respect their little secrets; if they have coucealment, worrying them will nover make them tall and patience will probably do its work. Allow them, as they grow older, to have opinions of their own; make them individuals and not mere echoes. Remember that without physic health mental attainment is worihless' let them lead free, happy lives, which will strengthen both mind and body. Bear In mind that you are largely responsible res-ponsible for your child's inherited character, and have patience with faults and failings. Talk hopefully to j oar children of life and its posibiiitiesjyou have no right to depress them because yoa have suffered, teach boys and girls the actual facts of life as suou as ihey are old enuugh to understand them, and give them il.e sense of responsibility without saddening sadden-ing them Find out what their special tastes are and develop them, instead of spending time, money and patience in forcing them into studies that are repugnant to theni." As your daughters grow tip teach them at least the true merits of housekeeping and cookery; they will thank you for it later in life a great deal "more than for accomplishments. Try and sympathize with girlish flights of fancy, even if they seem absurd to yon; by doing so you wiil retain re-tain yonr influence over your daughters, and not teach them "'to seek eympatby elsewhere. Detroit Free Press. |