In our busy lifestyles, especially during the holidays, we tend to be a little more impatient with the children, or hurry our precious time with them.\u00a0 Sometimes the hardest thing of all is to spend a simple meal together.\u00a0\u00a0 I found this interesting little article and offer it as a gentle reminder.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot with reproof for any of that day\u2019s sins of omission or commission.\u00a0 Take any time but bed-time for that.\u00a0 If you ever heard a little creature sighing or sobbing in its sleep, you could never do this.\u00a0 Seal their closing eyelids with a kiss and a blessing.\u00a0 The time will come when, all too soon, they will lay their heads upon their pillows lacking both.\u00a0 Let them then, at least, have this sweet memory of a happy childhood, of which no future sorrow or trouble can rob them.\u00a0 Give them their rosy youth. \u00a0Nor need this involve wild license.\u00a0 The judicious parent will not so mistake my meaning.\u00a0 If you have ever met the man, or the woman, whose eyes have suddenly filled when a little child has crept trustingly to its mother\u2019s breast, you may have seen one in whose childhood\u2019s home \u201cDignity\u201d and \u201cSeverity\u201d stood where love and pity should have been.\u00a0 Too much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love, not one.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Woman\u2019s Exponent, September 30, 1874, Fanny Fern<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
May we look for whatever ways we can to give our children the childhoods they deserve.\u00a0 With domestic violence so rampant, may we stand tall to protect those who are too young to protect themselves.\u00a0 It is our responsibility to preserve a loving family environment.\u00a0 The parent, and especially the mother, sets the mood in the home of security, love, and trust.\u00a0 I love the final line of this article:\u00a0 \u201cToo much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love, not one.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 So, don\u2019t worry about giving less material goods to your children, they probably won\u2019t even notice.\u00a0 However, giving them more love might shock them, but never kill them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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