Care | Children | Family | Obedience

CHILD REARING
In the biography Blackberry Winter by Margaret Mead, she tells of her Grandma who was a wonderful storyteller and who had a “set of priceless, individually tailored anecdotes with which American grandparents of her day brought up children.” There was the story of little boys who had been taught absolute, quick obedience. One day when they were out on the prairie, their father shouted, “Fall down on your faces!” They did, and the terrible prairie fire swept over them and they weren’t hurt. There was also the story of three boys at school, each of whom received a cake sent from home. One hoarded his, and the mice ate it; one ate all of his, and he got sick; and who do you think had the best time? – why, of course, the one who shared his cake with his friends. Then there was the little boy who ran away from home and stayed away all day. When he came home after…