THE PARENTAL “DON'T”.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1245, 24 May 1886, Page 2

THE PARENTAL “DON'T”.

Some parents are continually checking their children. Others, again, seem to have hardly will enough to chide or deny them anything. A little work which has reached us, and which bears the above title, seeks to instruct fathers and mothers how to steer a middle course between these difficulties and to ensure a successful future to their ,offspring. Success, in the words of the author, implies more than financial distinction. There must be true and equal development of the physical, mental, moral, spiritual, and commercial side of life in order to deserve the term. His advice to this purpose Is on the whole very sensible, and is given in a terse but interesting style, which renders the papers agreebly readable as well as Instructive. We note with satisfaction that.he dissents from the present high-pressure system of school education, and wonld rather train the mind of childhood than fill it. Physical exercise receives due attention. Pratical hints on the teaching of morals and religion are not wanting. A somewhat lengthy section is devoted to home hygiene and the rearing of infants. The observations contained in this chapter are well considered and accurate. We could wish that all parents were equally clear In their understanding of the value of milk alone as an article of infant diet, on the injurious effects of close, hot rooms, long and heavy clothing, empirical sedative remedies, overcrowding, and drainage deficiencies, We do not doubt that readers of this pamphlet will learn from it some points o{ use in the training of children which they don't know at “Lancet,’ 1