ing--an accomplishment he is achieving today with his art. The
mother herself is happier than she ever was before, and proud of her
children's success.

Three Kinds of Parents

Parents can be divided into three classes--those who over-estimate
their children, those who under-estimate their children, and those who
do not estimate them at all.

The great majority are in the first group. This accounts for the fact
that most fathers and mothers are disillusioned, as their children, one
by one, fall short of their cherished hopes.

Those who under-estimate their children are in that small group--of
parents who live to be happily surprised at their achievements.

The best parents of all are those who allow their children to follow
their natural talents.

Don'ts for Parents

Don't push your child into any vocation he dislikes.

Don't be like the parents we dined with recently. As we sat around the
table they pointed out their four children as follows: "There's
Georgie--we're going to make a doctor of him. Our best friend is a
doctor. We'll make a lawyer out of Johnnie. There's been a lawyer in the
family for generations. Jimmie is to be a minister. We thought it was
about time we had one of them in the family."

"What about Helen?" we asked.

"Oh, Helen--why, she's going to marry and have a nice home of her own."

Any student of Human Analysis would have recognized that of this quartet
of children not one was being directed into the right vocation. He would
have seen that the square-jawed Muscular Jimmie would make a much better
lawyer than a minister; that little Johnnie should be a teacher or a
lecturer; that fat Georgie was born for business instead of medicine;
and that Helen had more ability than any of her brothers.

The Woman Misfit

Too many parents have gone on the theory that belonging to the female
sex was a sure indication of home-making, mothering, housekeeping
abilities.

The commercial world is full of women who have starved, wasted and
shriveled their lives away behind counters, desks and typewriters when
they were meant for motherhood and wifehood.

The homes of the land are also full of women who, with the brains and
effort they have given to scrubbing, washing and cooking, could have
become "captains of industry."

The Sealed Parcel

If you are a parent don't allow yourself to set your heart on any
particular line of work for your children. Your child is a sealed parcel
and onl