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Happy Playtime Hours: "The boundless buoyancy of children is a sign of happy hearts and healthy bodies, and should be curbed only when very necessary, and then with not too harsh a rebuke."

Identifier: womaningirlhoodw00soli (find matches)
Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ell to explain to the child whathe does not understand, but this explanation should neverbe made a condition of obedience. That is to say, the com-mand of the parent does not have to be explained beforethe child must obey it. Firmness a Requisite in the Mother.—Very early inthe childs life the mother and the nurse must learn not togive in to the child simply because he cries. To let himhave his own way is much easier, of course, than to argueor fight with him. A fond mother who in her anxiety togratify every whim of her little one yields to his every desireis doing the child incalculable harm. The mother must beable to say No and the child must be taught to take Nofor an answer. The Spoiled Child.—In a scrap-book belonging to amother who has brought up a large family the author cameupon the following selection: It is so infinitely easier to spoil a child than it is totrain him wisely, to give him the thing refused a momentbefore because he cries for it and the noise he makes is an
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HAPPY PLAYTIME HOURS. The boundless buoyancy of children is a sign of happy heartsand healthy bodies, and should be curbed only when very necessary,and then with not too harsh a rebuke. MENTAL AND MORAL TRAINING 297 annoyance. * * * Heavens, the patience of all the angelscombined is needed to make one perfect mother. Theresponsibility has no let-up to it; it is line upon line andprecept upon precept, in season and out of season, and eventhen suppose one should fail? It must be terrible for aparent to see the unrestrained passions of a well-grownchild, to watch his violent temper if angered, his sullensulkiness if thwarted, his selfish, uncheerful manner tothose around him, and to have conscience say: That isall your work; you spoiled him because it was too muchtrouble to train him properly. If you had instructed himin gentleness and forgiveness and self-control, he couldnever exhibit such ungoverned rage; if you had denied himthings with firmness, and taught him to bear disappoint-men

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