The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 13, 1902, Image 7
February 13, 1902
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR
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TRAINING Iff DECISION.
‘*Do you think 11 hall need my
jacket, mother?” asked a younff
lady setting out on an autumn
walk with her mother. “I don’t
know. I can’t judge for you,”
•was the reply, as the older wo
man buttoned her own garment
closer and started down the road.
A moment’s pause, then the girl
turned hack with a prudent air,
saying: “Perhaps I had better
take it,” and hurried in for the
wrap. An observer who stood
on the piazza, shivering in the
sharp air, was surprised and
rather shocked at the mother’s
seeming indifference; but the
more she thought about the little
scene the more she came to re
cognize the parent’s wisdom in
dealing ,with her grown
daughter, who, at twenty, was
certainly old enough to take care
of herself. Had the girl been
ordered to carry the jacket she
would no doubt have remon
strated, and, perhaps, fretted at
the burden. At least her laziness
would have been spared even
this small decision. As it was.
with prudent foresight and
memory of past colds, she settled
the question as wisely as her
mother could wish. How many
parents could have refrained
from advice? How many would
have thrown the responsibility
on the girl instead of treating
her like a child? Not many. Yet
upon such a course depends good
feeling and good comradeship
between half-grown daughter
and mother, son and father, as
well as that cultivation of in
dependence and strong individu
ality so important in later life.
The world has little respect for
the man or woman who avoids
making decisions and is con
stantly subject to another’s will
or opinion. It admires, on the
other hand, those who know
their own mind and are not
afraid to express it when oc
casion demands. But self-
reliance is a quality which comes
by cultivation and experience.
Young people must be trained
very early to think and decide
for themselves. When they are
mere children parents may place
aternatives before them and let
them learn by experience the
wisdom or unwisdom of their
choice. They may be given
small responsibilities which shall
develop selfconfidence. By be
ing trusted in many little ways
they learn self-respect. In point
of fact, the average parents do
too much for their children.
They plan for them, work for
them, supply their wants, bear
their burdens, and wish to shield
them from all that is dis
agreeable or evil. Sons and
daughters have no opportunity
to become strong so long as they
are treated like infants. Over-
zealous parents must be made to
realize that they are producing
weak, clinging, vacillating men
and women, unable to stand al
one and incompetent for the bat
tle of life. Surely we should all
choose to be, and have our child
ren become, the strong-minded
ones who are sought as con
fidants and counselors, and have
learned not only to live their
own lives, but to give strength
and support to their neigh
bors.—Congregationalist.
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