Some more practical advice from the Mother on how to raise a child To wake a sleeping child, one should not call him loudly by his name or touch his [ … ]

Q: Why should parents never scold a child? “…ninety per cent of parents snub a child who comes spontaneously to confess a mistake: “You are very naughty. Go away, I [ … ]

Q: What kind of reading materials should be selected for our children? “In unformed minds what they read sinks in without any regard to its value and imprints itself as [ … ]

Q: Are we teaching our children how to live in the right way? “To live in the right way is a very difficult art, and unless one begins to learn [ … ]

Q: What is the best way to be with the little children? “Little children are wonderful. It is quite enough to surround them with things and to let them be. [ … ]

Q: What is the right balance between freedom and discipline for children’s growth? “There are all kinds of different and even opposite theories. Some people say, “Children must be left [ … ]

Q: How should we answer a child’s questions? “When your child asks you a question, do not give him a stupid or silly answer under the pretext that he cannot [ … ]

Q: How can children be taught to respect the parents? “With very few exceptions, parents are not aware of the disastrous influence that their own defects, impulses, weaknesses and lack [ … ]

Should we be mindful of the child’s contact with servants, other children?  “…to leave [the] children with servants. It is a crime. For these people have an altogether vulgar consciousness, [ … ]