“A childs natural instinct is towards good ; a tale of heroism, of self-sacrifice, of generosity, will bring the eager blood flushing up to a childs face and wake a quick response and a desire of emulation. It is therefore well to place in childrens hands tales of noble deeds in days gone by. “Nothing is easier than to train a child into feeling a desire to be good for the sake of being so. There is something so attractive in goodness, that I have found it more effectual to hold up the nobility of courage and unselfishness before the childs eyes, than to descend to punishment for the corresponding faults. If a child is in the habit of regarding all wrong as something low and degrading, he quickly shrinks from it ; all mothers know the instinctive ambition of children to be something superior and admirable, and this instinct is most useful in inculcating virtue.” Annie Besant, My Path to Atheism, pagina 100 1885, Freethought Publishing Company, 63, Fleet Street, London
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:45:16 +0000
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