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Some one says: “Make your children happy in their youth; let distinction come to them, if it will, after well spent and well remembered years.” Wise parents will see that their home possesses the essential conditions of happiness. They will sympathize with their children and take care never to grow away from them in spirit, though carrying the weightiest responsibilities or wearing the highest honors among men. The busiest father should find at least a few moments every day to romp with his children. A man, who is too stately and dignified to play with his baby or carry his little ones pick-a-back or help them in their sports and games, not only lacks one of the finest elements of true greatness, but fails in one of his duties to his children. For this is one of the points at which the mother should not be left alone. She is with her children all the day, and carries the burden of their entertainment for long hours without rest or pause. Surely it is only just to her that for the little time the father is in the home he should relieve her. Besides, he owes it to his children, for one of their inalienable rights under his roof and at his hands of happiness. Then in no other way can he so enshrine himself in their hearts as by giving them daily a few precious moments of gladness associated with himself which shall endear him to them for ever. No father can afford to let his children grow up without weaving himself into the memories of their golden youth.
Norman Mcleod says: “Oh sunshine of youth let it shine on! Let love flow out fresh and full, unchecked by any rule but what love creates, and pour itself down without stint into the young heart. Make the days of boyhood happy; for other days of labor and sorrow must come, when the blessing of those dear eyes and clasping hands and sweet caressing will, next to the love of God from whence they flow, save the man from losing faith in the human heart, help to deliver him from the curse of selfishness, and be an Eden in the evening when he is driven forth into the wilderness of life.” Another writes: “The richest heritage that parents can give is a happy childhood, with tender memories of father and mother. This will brighten the coming days when the children have gone out from the sheltering home, will be a safeguard in times of temptation and a conscious help amid the stern realities of life.”
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