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Child Guidance - Paperback (potter cover)

by Ellen G. White

Child Guidance covers the essentials of parenting, with chapters on specific building blocks of character, such as purity, cheerfulness, self-control, reverence, respect, honesty, cleanliness, and courtesy.

Includes guidance on how to teach self-denial, how to mold the will, reinforce good habits, evoke penitence without resentment, and conduct effective family worships.

Contents:

Home, The First School

  • Importance of the Home School
  • The First Teachers
  • When to Begin the Child's Training

Methods and Textbooks

  • Methods of Teaching
  • The Bible as a Textbook
  • The Book of Nature
  • Practical Lessons from Nature's Book

Teachers Adequately Trained

  • Preparation is Needed
  • A Call for Self-improvement

Obedience, The Most Important Lesson

  • The Key to Happiness and Success
  • To be Taught from Babyhood
  • Obedience Must Become a Habit

Other Basic Lessons

  • Self-control
  • Quietness, Respect, and Reverence
  • Care in Handling Property
  • Health Principles
  • Cleanliness
  • Neatness, Order, and Regularity
  • Purity

Lessons in Practical Virtues

  • Helpfulness
  • Industry
  • Diligence and Perseverance
  • Self-Denial, Unselfishness, and Thoughtfulness
  • Economy and Thrift

Developing Christian Qualities

  • Simplicity
  • Courtesy and Reserve
  • Cheerfulness and Thankfulness
  • Truthfulness
  • Honesty and Integrity
  • Self-reliance and Sense of Honor

The Paramount Task—Character Development

  • Importance of Character
  • How Character Is Formed
  • Parental Responsibility in Character Formation
  • Ways in Which Character Is Ruined
  • How Parents May Build Strong Characters

Fundamental Elements of Character Building

  • Advantage of the Early Years
  • The Power of Habit
  • Study Age, Disposition, and Temperament
  • The Will a Factor in Success
  • Exemplify Christian Principles

Discipline and its Administration

  • Objectives of Discipline
  • The Time to Begin Discipline
  • Discipline in the Home
  • Administration of Corrective Discipline
  • With Love and Firmness

Faulty Discipline

  • Evils of Indulgence
  • Lax Discipline and Its Fruitage
  • The Child's Reaction
  • Attitude of Relatives

Development of the Mental Powers

  • What Comprises True Education?
  • Preparing for School
  • Choosing the School
  • The Church's Responsibility
  • Teachers and Parents in Partnership
  • Unity in Discipline
  • Academy and College Training

Primary Importance of Physical Development

  • Exercise and Health
  • Training for Practical Life
  • Teaching Useful Trades
  • Knowledge of and Obedience to the Laws of Life

Maintaining Physical Fitness

  • The Homemaker in the Kitchen
  • Eating to Live
  • Temperance in All Things
  • The Home and the Temperance Crusade

Fitting Attire

  • The Blessings of Proper Dress
  • Teaching the Fundamental Principles of Dress
  • The Fascinating Power of Fashion

Preserving Moral Integrity

  • Prevalence of Corrupting Vices
  • Effects of Harmful Practices
  • Cautions and Counsels
  • Parental Vigilance and Help
  • The Battle for Reform

Arousing the Spiritual Powers

  • Responsibility for Eternal Interests
  • Every Home a Church
  • Leading Little Children to Christ
  • Preparing for Church Membership

Maintaining the Religious Experience

  • The Bible in the Home
  • The Power of Prayer
  • Sabbath—The Day of Delight
  • Reverence for That Which Is Holy
  • Co-Ordination of Home and Church

The Day of Reckoning

  • The Hour Is Late
  • The Rewards
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Publisher: Review and Herald

ISBN: 9780828028189

Format: Paperback

STATUS: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (item is either in stock or quickly/soon obtainable from supplier)

Pages: 616

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