parenting tips
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-- Written by Mrs. A. Bell in 1853.
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Remember that children are men and women in miniature, and though they should be allowed to act as children, still our dealings with them should be manly, and not morose; recollect, also that every look, word, tone and gesture, nay even your dress makes an impression.
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Never correct a child on suspicion or without understanding the whole matter, nor trifle with a child's feelings when under discipline.
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Be always mild and cheerful in their presence; communicative but never extravagant, trifling or vulgar in language or gesture. Never trifle with a child, nor speak beseechingly, when it is doing wrong.
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Always follow commands with a close and careful watch, until the thing is done, allowing no evasion, and no modification, unless the child asks for it, and it be expressly granted.
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Never speak in an impatient, fretful manner, if you have occasion to find fault.
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Never disappoint the confidence a child reposes in you, whether it be a thing placed in your care or a promise.
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Always give prompt attention to a child when he speaks, so as to prevent repeated calls, and that he may learn to give prompt attention when you call him.
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Even in sickness, gentle restraint is better for the child than indulgence.
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Never try to impress a child with religious truth when in anger, or talk to him of God, as it will not have the desired effect. Do it under more favorable circumstances.
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Improve the first ten years of life as the golden opportunity, which may never return. It is the seed time, and your harvest depends upon the seed then sown.
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Selfishness that binds the miser in chains, that chills the heart, must never be allowed a place.
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Never reprove children severely in company, nor hold them up to ridicule, or make light of their failings.
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At the table a child should be taught to sit up and behave in a becoming manner, not to tease when denied, or to leave his chair without asking. A parent's wish at such a time should be a law, from which no appeal should be made.
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There should never be two sets of manners, the one for home and the other for company, but a gentle behavior should be always required.
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Never say to a child, “I don't believe what you say,” nor even express doubts. If you have such feelings, keep them to yourself,
and wait; truth will eventually be made plain.
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Perhaps if parents would follow Mrs. Bell’s advice (given 150 yrs.
ago) there would be a much better chance of producing a
new generation of well-behaved and well-adjusted children with wholesome values and better
chances of being successful as human beings.