The great principle in a contest with a child is : do not yield, but do not punish. The normal parent sometimes yields for the sake of a quiet life, and sometimes punishes from exasperation ; the right method, to be successful, requires a difficult combination of, patience and power of suggestion.
Source: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, Pt. 2： Education of character, chap. 13: Nursery School
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