Above all, if you wish to dispel fear in your children, be fearless yourself. If you are afraid of thunder-storms the child will catch your fear the first time he hears thunder in your presence. If you express a dread of social revolution, the child will feel a fright all the greater for not knowing what you are talking about. If you are apprehensive about illness, so will your child be
Source: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, Pt. 2： Education of character, chap. 4: Fear.
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