Babyhood . e, is madethe natural result of the offence, butfor general purposes I find solitaryconfinement in a bright, comfortableroom, followed by explanations be-tween parent and child, most effec-tive. Do I ever use the switch ?Occasionally. It is the final resortin some cases. Will you walk intothe parlor or take a whipping ? isthe question submitted to an olderchild too heavy to be conveniently carried in. The choice of confine-ment is usually made very am glad to say that our switch isvery small and very inactive. I findthat whipping mortifies, frightens,and excites the child
Babyhood . e, is madethe natural result of the offence, butfor general purposes I find solitaryconfinement in a bright, comfortableroom, followed by explanations be-tween parent and child, most effec-tive. Do I ever use the switch ?Occasionally. It is the final resortin some cases. Will you walk intothe parlor or take a whipping ? isthe question submitted to an olderchild too heavy to be conveniently carried in. The choice of confine-ment is usually made very am glad to say that our switch isvery small and very inactive. I findthat whipping mortifies, frightens,and excites the child, instead ofallowing it time to think and , after all, I believe more de-pends on the justness and prompt-ness of administration than on themethod of punishment, and it ismore unkind to the child to allow itto be bad than to whip it if circum-stances permit no other , thoughtfulness, and justicewill, however, almost do away withthe necessity of punishment. Mrs. J. F. , BABYS WARDROBE. Short Socks. On the cover of the March Baby-hood we find an interesting pictureof four little children of differentages, all wearing the short sockswhich are so pretty and picturesque,and so much more convenient thanthe long stockings, whose knees arealways wearing out, that many moth-ers adopt them for their little is a curious coincidence, however,that when we look beneath the cov-ers of the very same number, weread that colds are not taken by theexposure of the whole body to a low- ered temperature, but by cold ormoisture acting upon a portion ofthe body. It is strange that lovingand careful mothers do not realize,therefore, that the pretty, bare legsof their children must be a perpetualsource of danger. We all know howmuch harm a cold may do, and howmany forms of illness it may lead to,and yet, in this- changeable climateof ours, how many mothers take thatrisk! Their argument is probablythat their children do not seem tohave any more colds than o
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