CHAPTER XXII.

THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.

The training which develops talents.—When child-training should begin.—The training of her children the mother’s all-important calling.—The influence of the mother’s own character and life.—The children imitators of their parents.—Importance of earliest training.—Spoiled children.—Children’s rights.—The proper correction of children.—Broken promises and parental falsehoods.—Value of tact in parental discipline.—Value of parental sympathy.—The mother, herself, the best gift to her children.—The choice of books and stories.—The choice of companions for the children.—Toys, sports and amusements.—An appeal to mothers, 245-262