hand, he goes out into the world bewildered, not knowing whom to choose among his fellows, nor distinguishing the lean from the

fat; and it is not long before he drinks in bad principles from evil companions and grows up in corruption, for it is of his nature to be reckless, obstinate, and adven-turous in the base modern things whose means lie ready before him. And sometimes the two parents stand at opposite poles: they tend that youngster with feelings of pity and tenderness, yet they give him free rein, and there grows in him the spirit of pampering and cod-dling — or, in plainer and clearer words, the spirit of rebellion and disobedience. He defies their orders and surrenders to the whims of his soul — and the soul is ever inciting to evil. In this case it is incumbent on the parents — who are their children's first teachers, and who hold authority over them — to keep to the limit of moderation in rearing them and in correcting their bad habits with wisdom and deliberateness. He spoke truly who said:

Branches, when you straighten them, come straight; but wood, when you would straighten it, will not bend.

There is a further matter of importance with regard to the child: teaching him self-reliance and courage. For some parents frighten their children, when they disobey their orders, by picturing to them imaginary things with mouths gaping wide to swallow them; that terrible image becomes fixed in their minds, and they surrender themselves wholly to cowardice and to fear of it. And a family cannot be made up of cowards. Counsel, in the case of a fault, given in a gentle and judicious way, breeds in the child self-respect and courage, and guides him to the path of what is right.

Then there is the school stage, in which the child rubs shoulders with schoolfellows of differing

dispositions. It is the duty of his parents to visit his school from time to time, to learn the conduct of those with whom he keeps company, and to advise him to mix only with those whose home and school upbringing is sound.

Then, if the child — boy or girl — becomes accustomed from an early age to frequenting literary gatherings, this principle grows

within him as he grows, and he walks the straight road that must be walked.

It is clear from the foregoing that with children in the stage of childhood, the responsibility for bad upbringing falls upon their parents and no one else; and once they have grown up with those traits devoid of refinement, they are driven in their turn to form a family of fallen principles.

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