Manners in Children.

Fair Play, Volume I, Issue 13, 27 January 1894, Page 19

Manners in Children.

If we desire children to be courteous we must treat them with respect. They will infallibly copy our manners; so we must take care that they are the best. Let us be as careful of their feelings aa we wish them to be of those of others. When it is necessary to administer reproof, let it be given in private. Many children are very sensitive on this point, and they feel acutely, although they cannot put their emotions into words. To tell a child in public that it has been rude, or lacking in good breeding, is as unwarrantable as it would be to tell a guest so. It is no excuse to say that we axe trying to teach it to do better; we can do this with greater effect if we take it aside at the first convenient moment and gently point out where the error was, and what should be done the next time.—Elizabeth Scovil * * V