OUR CHILDREN
Patri, Angelo
Our Children By ANGELO PATRI CHILDREN are forever doing unexpected things that upset home plans and home atmosphere. They bring in stray dogs and cats regardless of how, who, or what. They calmly...
...You can teach children, however, how to be easy in the presence of strangers...
...They break a commandment and frighten us until we remember that telling lies is first an imaginative defense, and at the worst, a fear defense...
...The only thing to do is to learn to face the day with calm, with serenity of spirit, with courage and hope...
...The responsibility for the children presses hard...
...When parents become the elders in their turn, things are different...
...Keep holding thoughts positive for good in your mind...
...Most of us can manage one day and by doing so, we store the strength that makes for the calm, serene spirit that enables lis to meet tha unexpectedness of childhood...
...Thinking about the errors a child might commit is not the safe road to his overcoming temptation...
...They calmly invite their chums home for lunch the day there is nothing for them to eat in the house...
...By doing what needs to be done today faithfully, we make today easier and tomorrow surer...
...Anxiety for their .future brings sleepless nights...
...Angelo Patri tells you how in his booklet No...
...Experience and good training and good home background will take care of that but while it is uppermost we are distressed...
...The days come one by one and we must live them just that way without trying to see beyond the rim...
...The responsibility mainly rested on their elders...
...Will him and wish him and believe him to be good and he will come closer to it than if you keep fearing he will do something terrible to disgrace himself and the famTake each day serenely, in faith, enduring good and evil as they come—and go...
...It is hard to mix children and company...
...It is useless to push life...
...Troubles rolled off like the water from the goose's back...
...Fear for their safety in the world of their fellows causes many an unhappy hour of conflict with the inexperienced children...
...Useless To Push Life The parents lived through their childhood almost unconsciously...
...Life with children is what completes their parents' education...
...304, "Your Child and Other People," obtainable by sending 10 cents (coin preferred) and a 3-cent stamp to him, P. O. Box 99, Station G, New York 19, N. Y...
...We have to learn that unexpectedness is characteristic of children's behavior, and learn to meet it serenely...
...No help can come from worry but it can and will add to the grief...
...They did not dwell on their experiences but took them as they came and forgot about them...
...Rousseau, who was wise in such matters, said, "Those who best endure good and evil are best educated...
...Take Each Day Serenely Take it as easy as you can...
...Try not to worry about things that may happen but keep thinking of how well the children have done...
...Living in faith and by work is the one sure way to living successfully...
Vol. 8 • May 1944 • No. 20
