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Child Guidance
Mothers, ... take time to get acquainted with your children. Study
their dispositions and temperaments, that you may know how to deal
with them. Some children need more attention than others
Dealing With Unpromising Children—There are some children
who need more patient discipline and kindly training than others. They
have received as a legacy unpromising traits of character, and because
of this they need the more of sympathy and love. By persevering labor
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these wayward ones may be prepared for a place in the work of the
Master. They may possess undeveloped powers which, when aroused,
will enable them to fill places far in advance of those from whom more
has been expected.
If you have children with peculiar temperaments, do not, because
of this, let the blight of discouragement rest upon their lives.... Help
them by the manifestation of forbearance and sympathy. Strengthen
them by loving words and kindly deeds to overcome their defects of
character
You Can Train More Than You Think—Just as soon as the
mother loves Jesus, she wants to train her children for Him. You can
train the disposition of children much more than you think you can
from their earliest years. That precious name of Jesus should be a
household word
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The Review and Herald, July 9, 1901
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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 115, 116
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Manuscript 17, 1893
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