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ON THE TRAINING OF PARENTS
ON THE TRAINING OF
PARENTS
BY
ERNEST HAMLIN ABBOTT
"And they shall live with their children."
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT 1908 BY ERNEST HAMLIN ABBOTT
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published April 1908
TENTH IMPRESSION
No man has the right to dedicate to another what is not his own.All that is mine in this little book is its infelicities. TheseI dedicate to oblivion. The rest belongs to those two women fromwhom I, as son and as husband, have learned all that I know of thetraining of parents.
CONTENTS
| I. | Spasm and Habit | 1 |
| II. | The Will and the Way | 19 |
| III. | By Rule of Wit | 40 |
| IV. | Peace at a Price | 72 |
| V. | For 'tis their Nature to | 93 |
| VI. | The Beginning of Wisdom | 114 |
ON THE TRAINING OF PARENTS
I SPASM AND HABIT
A voice like a knife cut the still, warm air. "Now you just go rightdown and get that canned salmon." I turned my head and saw a littlegirl, in a fluffy dress with a skirt like a parachute, standing in themidst of the long grass. She was evidently frightened and hesitating.There was a whimper and a whining protest. A young woman in a wrapper,with a menacing switch in her hand, was advancing. Her voice grewsharper: "You do what I say, quick, or I'll whip you good!" The childbeat a retreat toward me; then timidly stood her ground. "It's sofar!" she wailed. The enemy again approached; but the[Pg BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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