Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1918 — Influence on Children. [ARTICLE]

Influence on Children.

As for moral influences in the home, it Is the words the child hears us speak, the things he sees us do which will have the greatest effect on his nature, such as respectful care and tender affection toward the grandmother, the grandfather, the aunt, the uncles, our attitude toward those In our employ, etc. Family festivals will make ever glorious Impressions on the child’s mind, states a student of human nature. The spirit of charity should permeate the home. The little child is too young to know how to help the less fortunate, hut he will imbibe the home spirit and with his growing understanding adopt the ideals by which he is surrounded. Above all other Influences the most telling is that which the parents create by means of their relationship to each other. If peace reigns supreme and father and mother live as one, having a deep, true, earnest affection for each other, facing together the joys and sorrows, and supplementing each other’s strength at every turn, there is no greater legacy parents can leave their children than the Influence and memory of such a home.