il than this is, that
respect for the parent will be lost, and the child, in place of
yielding readily to her wishes, will try means of trick and evasion
to elude them.

In order to really manage a child well, a mother should become a
child herself; she should enter into its hopes and fears, and share
its joys and sorrows; she should bend down her mind to that of her
offspring, so as to be pleased with all those trivial actions which
give it pleasure, and to sorrow over those which bring it pain. This
would secure a love firm and ardent, and at the same time lasting;
for as a child advanced in strength of intellect, so might the
mother, until the child grew old enough to understand the ties which
bound them; and then, by making him a friend, she would bind him to
her for life.

There are none of the human race so sagacious and keensighted
as children: they seem to understand intuitively a person's
disposition, and they quickly notice any discrepancies or
inconsistencies of conduct. On this point should particular
attention be paid, that there be nothing practised to cheat the
child. Underhand means are frequently resorted to, to persuade a
child to perform or abstain from some particular duty or object; but
in a very short time it will be found out, and the child has been
taught a lesson in deception which it will not fail to use when
occasion requires.

And under this head might be included all that petty species of
deceit used towards children, whether to mislead their apprehension,
or to divert their attention. If any thing be improper for a child
to know or do, better tell him so at once, than resort to an
underhand expedient. If a reason can be given for requiring the
abstinence; it should; but if not tell the child that the reason is
such that he could not comprehend it, and he will remain satisfied.
But if trick or scheming be resorted to, the child will have learned
the two improper lessons of first being cunning, and then telling a
falsehood to avoid it.

In whatever way you wish to act upon a child, always propose the
highest and noblest motive--this will generally be a motive which
centres in God. Thus, in teaching a child to speak the truth, it
should be proposed not so much out of obedience to parents, as out
of obedience to God; and in all requirements the love and fear of
God should be prominently set forth.

A child is born with feelings of religion; and if these feelings are
properly called for