Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1894 — Parents and Children. [ARTICLE]

Parents and Children.

The loys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears; they cannot utter the one, and they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labors, but they make misfortunes more bitter, they Increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. The perpetuity by generation Is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble work are peculiar to men. The difference In affection of parents toward their several children is many times unequal, and sometimes unworthy, especially in the mother. Where is a house full of children, a man shall see some respected, and some that are almost forgotten, who may nevertheless prove the best. The illiberality of parents to their children makes them base, and frequently Induces them to associate with mean company. Let parents choose betimes the courses they mean their children should take, for then they are the most flexible. If the aptness of the children be extraordinary, then it Is well not to cross it.