RULES FOR HOME EDUCATION.
THE following are worthy of being printed in letters of gold, and being placed in a conspicuous position in every household: 1. From your children's earliest infancy inculcate the necessity of instant obedience. 2. Unite firmness with gentleness. Let your children always understand that you mean exactly what you say. 3. Never promise them anything unless you are sure you can give them what you promise. 4. If you tell a child to do anything, show him how to do it, and see that it is done. 5. Always punish your children for willfully disobeying you, but never punish in anger. 6. Never let them perceive that they can vex you or make you lose your self-command. 7. If they give way to petulance and temper, wait till they are calm, and then gently reason with them on the impropriety of their conduct. 8. Remember that a little present punishment, when the occasion arises, is more effectual than the threatening of a greater punishment should the fault be renewed. 9. Never give your children anything because they cry for it. 10. On no account allow them to do at one time what you have at another time, under the same circumstances, forbidden. 11. Teach them that the only sure and easy way to appear good, is to be good. 12. Accustom them to make their little recitals the perfect truth. 13. Never allow of tale-bearing. 14. Teach them that self-denial, not self-indulgence, is the appointed and sure method of securing happiness.