RULES FOR PARENTS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2882, 21 June 1882, Page 3

RULES FOR PARENTS.

Children are great nuisances and should be treated as such. Do not bother yourself to personally attend to them. A nurse, of course, is the proper person to attend to them, and children prefer the ways «of servants. Never refuse a child anything, because he will cry, and that will bo annoying; besides if you will always let him have what he wants, no matter what it is, he will think it so kind, and repay you in after years. On the same principle you must never on any account correct a child; they none of them like it. If, however, it should be so flagrant that you are temptpd to say you will punish it, the promise will be quite sufficient. They never notice whether parents keep their word or no. Whenever a boy is found committing little acts of peculation, such as ’taking pennies, and some, horrid frump of a relative is going to point out the enormity of such a thing, immediately say, “ Oh, never mind, it’s only a penny or two.” In the event of the child having an aged grandmama with an affliction, and the young gentleman is able by small tortures to make her ludicrous in her agony, mind and let him bear you say. “He was very amusing with poor grandmama.” . On any occasion when any of his aunts or uncles shall be bold enough to interfere, on account of some rudeness of which he may have been guilty, you will of course say out loud “Isn’t he smart, the young rascal?”—“ Fun."