Don'ts for Mothers.

Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 72

Don'ts for Mothers.

Don't take your child shopping. Don't, as you value your mothcrhoodj. "scold."

Don't permit a fear to be implanted in /our child. Don't forget that "What?" and >'Why?" are the best manifestations of \ normal brain. Take time and pains to Jnake it grow wisely. Don't forget that the mother who can >nter into all her children's pleasures has. jiiscovered a marvellous "youth restorer." Don't bring- tip your children upon a rteadv diet of "Don'ts," miserable, prickly ' little" word that.it is, and sure to rub

Don't correct your child in the presence of others. You yourself would find this very hard to brook, so why regard this little being as less sensitive?

Don't fail to give the reason why every time you give a command. You want the obedience of an intelligent, reasoning being, not that of an automaton.

Don't let your child suspect that the world can hold a more delightful companion than "mother," if you would keep "an anchor to windward.'*

Don't say, "Oh, da be quiet!" or "Do sit still!" Bemember that l)ones and muscles must develop. Make a- place for them to do so. This is your duty. Don't overlook an untruth, yet weigh earefnlly between xmtrnthfulness and a vivid imagination. It is often a hairsplitting task, but no mistakes should be made. Don't forget that in assisting "mother" into the 'bus, in walking upon the outer edge of the pavement, in picking up the handkerchief she has let drop, your little laddie is moulding the true gentleman. Don't fail to listen attentively and patiently to all the little trials which come into the lives of these small people. Help adjust them, and remember that at six they are as great in proportion as those which daily come into your own life.