HOW DO YOU TREAT THE CHILDREN?
By Talmage
As the boys grow up make companions of them, then they will not seek companionship elsewhere. Respect their little secrets; if they have concealments, worrying them will never make them tell, and patience will probably do the work. Let the children make a noise sometimes; their happiness is as important as your nerves. Allow them, as they grow older, to have opinions of their own; make them individuals, not mere echoes. Remember that without physical health mental attainment is worthless; let them lead free, happy lives, which will strengthen both mind and body. Bear in mind that you are largely responsible for your child's inherited character, and have patience with faults and failings. Talk hopefully to your children of life and its possibilities; you have no right to depress them because you have suffered. If you have lost a child, remember that for the one that is gone there is no more to do; for those remaining, everything; hide your grief for their sakes. Impress upon them from early infancy that actions have results, and that they can not escape consequences even by being sorry when they have acted wrongly.—Talmage.