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Discipline for Parents.
(jHILDREN are wont to think that grown-ups are never naughty; they seldom omit to wash, seldom steal jam or bite nurse, while adults often speak of children as innocent—an amicable mistake on each side. Adults appear paragons simply because their more effective methods than biting are not apparent to the child, and they can get jam without stealing. Dean Inge once said that an occasional whipping would greatly improve grown-ups. In the average family children are under school and home guidance, while parents, freed from guidance and discipline, are losing the good habits once learnt. Grown-ups should realise , that the modern child is intelligent and comparatively sophisticated, and often turns this problem quietly over in its mind—perhaps not to the credit of the grown-ups
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 2 March 1935, Page 9
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147Hints and Home Chat Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 2 March 1935, Page 9
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