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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 16, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 46.

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Good-Intentioned Pests

By Emilie Poulsson

LET the mother be very wary of allowing her child to be a plaything for every chance friend; let her sedulously guard it from being tickled and trotted and handled by affectionate but inconsiderate admirers. People often pet and caress a baby out of selfish impulse rather than out of any thought for the baby’s pleasure or good. But let not the mother disobey those promptings of her heart which lead her, the baby’s heaven-appointed minister, to play often with her baby, adding to the worth of what she does instinctively by doing it intelligently. Insight into what play can do will help her to defend her babe’s developing life from influences which would unduly hasten that development or thwart it on any side.—Emilie Poulsson.