_Even a child maketh himself known by his doings._--Prov. 20:11.




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Teach Politeness.


Mothers, do you ever impress upon your children the fact that they ought
to show true politeness to everyone? Do not let them show rudeness at
home, and then expect them to be polite in company. Politeness is not
inborn, it has to be cultivated. It is a singular fact that parents
allow their children to treat their brothers and sisters with little or
no respect; this is one great cause of inharmony in many homes. Some
parents think that to have their children pay too much attention to the
rules of politeness, is apt to make them too formal. Better a little
formality than actual rudeness.

If there is any place in the world where true politeness and
consideration should be shown, it is at home, and a parent cannot begin
too early to teach such acts to a child. Remember that true politeness
begins in the heart: "Out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth
speaketh."