This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ...chapter. Games of competition are often productive of envy and hatred, and sometimes lead to evasion and deceit. Control over the appetite should be inculcated; and if children are rewarded, it should be so as not to stimulate vanity, selfishness, or covetousness. Thoroughly to establish the principles of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ...chapter. Games of competition are often productive of envy and hatred, and sometimes lead to evasion and deceit. Control over the appetite should be inculcated; and if children are rewarded, it should be so as not to stimulate vanity, selfishness, or covetousness. Thoroughly to establish the principles of strict justice among children is essential, if we would promote a kind and happy feeling between them. In James's "Family Monitor," there is an excellent chapter on the fraternal duties. Mothers should be so far acquainted with the laws of our physical system, as to be able, without much difficulty, to know when the child's temper is affected by disease, so as to make due allowance for occasional disturbances and avoid unnecessary reproof. It may be useful, when disputes have arisen and the feelings have been subdued, to take a. quiet opportunity of recalling the whole matter and going patiently through it, so as to elicit 80 Design of Mothers Meetings. an acknowledgment on either side of what has been wrong, and to shew how the offender might have done better. XXIV. The Design Of Mothers' Meetings. One object, assuredly, is, that Mothers, in thus associating together, may have a stronger sense of their responsibility, that they may realize more fully the real state of their children, and may exhibit before them more of the spirit of that piety they wish their children to love. The mother's duties are peculiar and of a very sacred character. She has entrusted to her, in a great degree, the formation of her children's minds. She can little imagine what her influence may be, and how far it will extend. The authority of a father will one day cease; but the recollection of a mother's love follows the man through all the chequered scenes of...
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