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rules can be set down for the rearing of children. That is to sav all
children cannot be governed in the same manner. Each individual has
his own peculiarities. One word of reproof might affect one child more
than a five minute talk would affect another.
V\ e must all agree that the home has the greatest influence upon the
character and education of the child. The home is his first world
I here Ins first impressions of life was received. There the foundation
of Ins character was laid. Therefcre, parents must study the nature of
their children if they wish to turn them into the right paths of life A.
child coming from such a home I will place in class I.
Now, we do not always find parents capable of doing this. There
are hundreds of homes in which the parents do not give the slightest
thought or attention to the nature of their children. They deal with
them as they do their towels on wash day. One and all are forced
through the same machinery of discipline. A child entering school
from such a home is inclined to be stubborn and uncontrollable Thus
we have the child in class II.
Then we find homes in which the children are allowed to do as they
please, providing they do not transgress upon the personal comfort of
the parents. These children are sure to he selfish and of the ' 'showing
off temperament. A child from such a home is rarely happy and will
continue to he un lappy throughout life unless he should he moved by
some inner virtue, or by observing others, to see that happiness is ob
tained through unselfishness and making others happy. Thus we have
the child in class III.
Then there are homes in which the children are not allowed to be
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“ children must he seen and not
heard.
I hey must not present their own ideas and are hushed up
eter> tune they present an original thought. Such a child cannot he
happy and is backward in school and will never he able to take the i„-
ltmtive part in life’s role as he is under the impression that his own
thoughts do not count. Thus we have the child in class IV.
1 hen there are homes which scarcely can be called homes The
parents being of a demoralized character, leaving their children to take
care of themselves most of the time and buffeting them, when their
rude nature is irritated at something, which the child is not responsi
ble for. Thus we have the child in class V; one who is indeed a child
but whose evil characteristics have been drawn out instead of haying
been smothered. Now everyone must recognize the fact that thechild’s
education is vastly influenced, when reared under such like conditions
as above stated.
The child of Class I will cause the least trouble in school and if he
has the mental capacity will study because he desires to learn, and will