Author Topic: The Training of Children (Read 786 times)

Lorenzo · « **on:** June 03, 2008, 09:41:23 AM »

He who love his son chastises him often,
that he may be his joy when he grows up.

He who disciplines his son will benefit from him,
and boast of him among his intimates.

He who educates his son makes his enemy jealous,
and shows his delight in him among his friends.

At the father's death, he will seem not dead,
since he leaves after him one like himself,
Whom he looks up through life with joy,
and even in death, without regret:
The avenger he leaves against his foes,
and the one to repay his friends with kindness.

He who spoils his son will have wounds to bandage,
and will quack inwardly at every outcry.

A colt untamed turns out stubborn;
a son left to himself grows up unruly.

Pamper your child and he will be a terror for you,
indulge him and he will bring you grief.

Share not in his frivolity lest you share in his sorrow,
when finally your teeth are clenched in remorse.

Give him not his own way in his youth,
and close not your eyes to his follies.

Bend him to the yoke when he is young,
thrash his sides while he is young,
thrash his sides while he is still small,
Lest he becomes stubborn, disobey you,
and leave you disconsolate.

Discipline your son, make heavy his yoke,
lest his folly humiliate you.

-SIRACH 30: 1-13

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Author Topic: The Training of Children (Read 786 times)

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The Training of Children