The Discipline of Children. #0209

--i. Children should not be allowed to ask for the same thing twice. This may be accomplished by parents, teacher, or whoever may happen to have the management of them, paying attention to their little wants, if proper, at once, when possible. Children should be made to understand that when they are not answered immediately, it is because it is not convenient. Let them learn patience by waiting.
--ii. We learn from daily experience that children who have been the least indulged thrive much better, unfold all their faculties quicker, and acquire more muscular strength and vigour of mind, than those who have been constantly favoured, and treated by their parents with the most solicitous attention; bodily weakness and want of self-reliance are the frequent attributes of the latter.
--iii. The greatest art in educating children consists in a continued vigilance over all their actions, without letting them discover that they are being watched and guided.
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''The Hypocrite Will Fast To Seem More Holy; The Righteous Man To Punish Sin And Folly.''