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WHO IS TO TELL THE STORY, AND WHEN IS IT TO BE TOLD?
Every thoughtful guardian of a child is sooner or later confronted with three questions in connection with this subject,—
Who is to tell the story to the child?
When should it be told?
How should it be told?
Who shall tell the story?
The best teachers in this subject are undoubtedly the child's parents.
Since the mother generally spends more time with him and is more accustomed to instruct him in manners and morals it naturally belongs to her to give him his first instruction here, and it is an opportunity which no mother understanding its value can afford to miss.