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Teach Children Not To Complain

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
December
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

I think niothers are not generally aware how much they can help ehildren to bear the ills and accidente oí oí i:fe by training them to endure pain even at an early age. We all know that fortitude and patience actoally leseen our sufíerlngs and also increase the chances of our recover. WTien your cliild gets a little bnmp Boratcb, ov cut, kiss it carefully and try to divert hi mind to gome othei' subj'ct; ov if be te oíd enough, reasoo with liim by telling him we mnst all bear pain more or leas, and that he mnst be bravo and train liimself to bear without complalnlng. I know a IWrtle boy who was langhljigly told wlien be got hurt that he must "grin and lx-ar it." One day he got hurt quite badlj-, and when liis father carne horae he told him of it. "Did it liurt you much ?" asked the íather. "Yes, it did," replied the boy, "but I gwiïinod and lieared it; didn't I mamma '?"

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier