The Mother at Home Quotes

“We must be what we wish our children to be. They will form their characters from ours.”
― John S.C. Abbott, The Mother at Home

“It is very desirable in all government to avoid the infliction of disgrace. When a child loses his self-respect, and feels dishonored, one of the strongest motives to correct conduct is lost. If a child can be induced good-naturedly, and yet justly to pronounce sentence upon his own conduct, a very powerful influence is brought to bear upon the mind, which is salutary in the highest degree.”
― John S.C. Abbott, The Mother at Home

“If a child cannot place implicit confidence in his parent, most assuredly no confidence can be reposed in the child.”
― John S.C. Abbott, The Mother at Home