Little boys should never be allowed to keep their hats on in the house.
Children, when very young, should be taught to be generous and polite to their little visitors, and, if necessary, to give up all of anything where half will not do.
Children should be taught to “take turns” in playing games, and that no one should monopolize the pleasantest part of a game.
Children soon feel a pride in being little ladies and gentlemen, rather than in being rude and impolite.
If mothers would impress upon their children’s minds how stupid they appear when they stand staring at one without answering when addressed with “good morning” or a like salutation, they would be anxious to know what to say, and to say it.
Children do not always know what to answer when addressed. They ought to be taught, so that they may feel no embarrassment.
When children inconvenience others, they ought to be taught to say “excuse me” or “beg pardon.”
In the cars, or in any public place, a boy or a girl should always rise, and give his or her place to an older person.
A child should always learn that it is both naughty and rude to contradict, and to say “what for” and “why,” when told to do anything.
A mother who is as careful of her child’s moral nature and manners as of his physical nature, will guard him from naughty and rude playmates as closely as she would from measles or whooping-cough.