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The Right Of Others

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Day
15
Month
December
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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If párente would teach tñeir maren to respect ech other's rights under all circumstances, society would be burdened with but few of those men whom we now meet daily, and who deliberster ly prey upon the folly or weakness of others. Therearesomc children who seem to have no sense of "mme ou thine;" but borrow at pleasure wnat they want, appropriate to their own use what belongs to other members oí the familv, make sharp bargains, cut oh the corners in a trade, and eonsider themselves only "smart" and praiseworthv when they have over-reaehed or outwitted their fellows. _ Unfortunately, in many such mstancos, the parent rejoiees rather than mourns that "that child seems to have a faculty of taking care of himself. Let us sketch what seems to us an ideal condition in a family as to the principie of "mine and tinne. Eaoh membcr of the family has nis own personal belonging and these are saored to him alone. No other niember meddles therewith. His treasures are not inspected even or appropnated 03 any one bvit himself. If he have a room by himself, that room is safe from intrusión; no locks nor keys are needed to guard him or his from impertineut rad officious meddling. . Nevertheless, the parents' oversight never fails; and thej revise all bargams and aoreements made between their children so tliat the eider may not take advantage of the yonnger, or the sharp of the dull, so that each one shall have an "even chance" with the rest. The laws of equity govern parental decisions and secure to each child justice. With such training at home, thero is little dan o-er that these young people will develope into over-reaching, avancious men and women

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat