THE HOME BOY by College View Enterprise

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 22, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 12.

THE HOME BOY.

By College View Enterprise

WHO does not like this boy and recognize him wherever met? He always is polite, and has respect for others' rights; he does not worry his father by doing things he has forbidden him to do; he studies hard, does his work well at home, and then plays with vim born of a clear conscience. This boy is of inestimable value. Mothers should exert themselves to train their boys to be mother's home boys. Let them have a helping hand in the housework; make them associates, friends, and they will find more pleasure in your society than they find among the rude boys on the streets. We know of many boys who never think of play until mother's day's work is finished. They are all manly boys, and will be the men that make their mark.

Give your boy some particular work all his own. One boy can take care of the poultry, another can, by the aid of a knitting machine, do all the knitting for a family. It would be only right to pay them a certain amount for such labor, and they will be, as a rule, very saving of their money. Give them tools to work with. Let them learn to mend the walls and fences and do the many necessary things that must be done about the house. Let them also learn to do the marketing; they can soon buy as good a piece of meat as you can. Accept the work they do for you—even if it does not first suit—without faultfinding, or it will become to them detestable. Let the boys know they are useful to you; they will appreciate their home much more than if they are made to understand that they are always in the way and no account for anything.—College View Enterprise.