UNWISE KINDNESS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 15 May 1912, Page 2

UNWISE KINDNESS.

Sometimes tender, loving mothers hurt their children by unwise love and tenderness. Both are good in their places, but not in excess. In nine cases out of ten a man's life will not be a success if he does not bear burdens in childhood . If the fondness or vanity of father or mother has kept him from hard work, if another has always helped him out at the end of his trouble, if what was light always fell to him, and what was heavy to some one else, if he has been permitted to shirk until shirking has became a habit, his life will be a disheartening failure. On the other hand, if a boy has been brought up to do his part, never' allowed to shirk legitimate responsibility or dodge work, whether or not it made his head ache or soiled his hands, until bearing burdens has become a matter of pride, the heavy end of the log his choice, the elements of success are his, and at some time, in some way, the world will recognise his capacity.