The Modern Mother of the Four-Year-Old Has Much to Remember Nowadays mothers have been made self-conscious about them-elves and their task, through the books they read, the lectures they attend, the societies they join, and 80 on. The average, happy-go-lucky casual mortal is braced by such discussion; the fearful and introspective still further depressed.
How far can we cultivate the ingredients necessary for perfect motherhood, and which are the most important? I think, writ contributor to. "Woman's Life, there ave two principal ones—hardness towards oneself; love to-discuss in his <If you can. steel yourself not to
(far easier said than done); criticize people or things adversely before him; not to show perturbation when he is rebellious; or: tion when he is ill. Not to! appear shocked at his questionings or experimentinigs, however awkward and ill-timed; not to have the. last word with daddy, however un-tensonable and he may' choose to be; and not to drop your est manners in nursery or kitchen—awell, you are half way towards being a very fine mother indeed! wards., one's offspring. Anyone. who can' really yer_themselves will find there is surprisingly ttle need for it for others. Chi dren learn by imitation and indirectly, rather than through admonitions,. however eloquent, The Sacrifice of Mothers The other half of the picture deals with the capacity to love traly and deoply—a gift not given to-everyone oven where their own ebildren., are concerned. This love!
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