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  ...and Story Telling.--It is an unusual child indeed who does not delight in listening to story telling or bright little songs at bedtime and the nurse who is much with children will do well to treasure up all such material that comes in her way. Being used to children and having a sincere love for them makes one's work much easier, as even very little children seem to know instinctively who their real friends are and to be more easily controlled by them.
Friendship.- Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.   --Bruyere
Harsh Commands.--Can a parent who habitually speaks to his children in tones of harsh authority, and gives his commands to them in a manner of an officer addressing refractory troops, expect that they will feel for him the affection that they would give to one who took the trouble to draw out their better natures by loving treatment? The above is a question to be considered by parents who govern wholly by "authority."
Maidenhood.--No padlock, bolts, or bars can secure a...   Bruyere, Jean De La

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