The Mother at Home, Or, the Principles of Maternal Duty, Familiarly Illustrated (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... comes, your children will welcome you to their homes, and rejoico to give you a seat by their fireside, and by unremitted attentions will do all in their power to prove how deeply they feel that debt of gratitude, which never can be fully repaid. Such joys will obliterate the remembrance of all present toils and sorrows. Let these hopes cheer you to gp on rejoicing in the path- of duty. CHAPTER V. FAULTS AND ERRORS. There are many faults in family government, which have been handed down from generation to generation, and have become almost universally diffused. They are so general, and we have been so long accustomed to them, that their glaring impropriety escapes our notice. The increasing interest now felt in the subject of education, by leading parents to read and to think, has taught many to avoid those errors, which still very generally prevail. There are many parents who have not facilities for obtaining books upon this subject, and who have not been led to reflect very deeply upon their responsibilities. Some of these errors are such, that an apology seems almost necessary for cautioning mothers against them, since common sense so plainly condemns them. But I let it be remembered how large a portion of the mothers of our land, are, by their situation, deprived of those sources of information and excitements to thought, which God has conferred upon others. 1. Do not talk about children in their presence. We are very apt to think that children do not understand what we say to one another, because they are unable to join in the conversation themselves. But a child's comprehension of language is far in advance of his ability to use it. I have been much surprised at the result of experiments upon this subject. A little child creeping...