Good Form for Children
The utmost care should be taken from the beginning to initiate
children on behavior at the table. They should be taught how to hold a spoon or fork properly so as not to be embarrassed later on when adults.
Also, a child should be taught the proper function for a knife. It is not to be used to “eat” food nor to pick teeth.
Every little girl and boy should go to dancing school. These lessons will provide future grace in this accomplishment. A child should be made physically equal in a physical life, as well as equal in the learning of reading, mathematics, or geography.
Deference to the old is another trait that needs to be cultivated
in young people. A child must be taught never to contradict, to interrupt, to use slang, and certainly never to use profanity. These are signs of degeneracy and of poverty of thought and speech, and they disfigure the manners of anyone who indulges in their use.
Another element in good manners in children is how they act in
the presence of guests in the family circle. A guest brings in something interesting to the family. In waiting on and deferring to a guest, a child will acquire the fine art of host or hostess.
children on behavior at the table. They should be taught how to hold a spoon or fork properly so as not to be embarrassed later on when adults.
Also, a child should be taught the proper function for a knife. It is not to be used to “eat” food nor to pick teeth.
Every little girl and boy should go to dancing school. These lessons will provide future grace in this accomplishment. A child should be made physically equal in a physical life, as well as equal in the learning of reading, mathematics, or geography.
Deference to the old is another trait that needs to be cultivated
in young people. A child must be taught never to contradict, to interrupt, to use slang, and certainly never to use profanity. These are signs of degeneracy and of poverty of thought and speech, and they disfigure the manners of anyone who indulges in their use.
Another element in good manners in children is how they act in
the presence of guests in the family circle. A guest brings in something interesting to the family. In waiting on and deferring to a guest, a child will acquire the fine art of host or hostess.
