Yet it would not equal in any way his own brutal and
less excusable cruelty. ----
If a parent says that he cannot bring up his children and control
them without beating them, you may say to that parent:
You never struck a child in your life except when you were angry,
and you would not have dared to strike it if it had been of your
own size.
Children born of decent parents can be brought up, and ARE
brought up, without beatings, and if yours are a different kind
of children it is a reflection on YOU, and on your whole brood
and family.
The poor, ignorant hen can teach its young ones to scratch and
hunt worms, and acquire whatever education they need without
hurting them, and a human being should be able to do for his own
as much as a hen can do.
IT IS NATURAL FOR CHILDREN TO BE CRUEL
You have perhaps read that Mrs. Isabelle Bailey, of Palmyra,
N.J., was cruelly tortured by three little girls.
The unfortunate woman was eighty-five years old, paralyzed, and
confined to her bed.
The three children, two of them eight and one eleven years old,
tormented the poor woman in a brutal manner, of which details
shall not be published here.
The helpless woman ultimately died, and the children were charged
with murder. ----
This horrible story is mentioned in the hope of concentrating the
minds of mothers and fathers on the fact that children are
naturally more cruel, more vicious, than grown people.
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