TRAINING THE CHILD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3896, 17 January 1929, Page 4

TRAINING THE CHILD.

Don’t break -a promise. Don’t consent or refuse unless you mean to keep your word. Don’t turn aside a question. Whether your child is intelligent or otherwise rests in a measure with you.

Don’t give unnecessary commands. Give them only when necessary and insist- on their being carried -out. Don’t tell a child an untruth. If there are reasons why you cannot give a correct answer, admit frankly that you cannot do so.

Don’t make foolish threats. Don’t threaten a child with the fear of a policeman.' Teach him lie is his best friend.

Don’t punish a child by depriving it of necessary food. This will injure its health. Don’t punish a child by shutting him in a dark room or doing anything to frighten him. This is harmful to the nervous system. Don’t fail to insist on unselfishness towards companions and courtesy to older people. Don’t send a child to sleep by pacing the floor with it. The day may come when you cannot carry out this practice, and then trouble is sure to -ensue. (Don’t give a child the impression that he is “a little tin god,” incapable of doing wrong, and that other children are inferior to him. Unfortunately, many children are brought up like this. 'Teach him to be Considerate for others. Don’t fail to see that your child associates with good companions. Don’t allow a child to grow up with snobbish ideas.