MH 387.1
Draft source versionParents, let the sunshine of love, cheerfulness, and happy contentment enter your own hearts, and let its sweet, cheering influence pervade your home. Manifest a kindly, forbearing spirit; and encourage the same in your children, cultivating all the graces that will brighten the home life. The atmosphere thus created will be to the children what air and sunshine are to the vegetable world, promoting health and vigor of mind and body.
A home environment filled with love, cheerfulness, and kindness promotes the mental and physical health and vigor of children. The paragraph combines general ethical and spiritual encouragement for parents with an empirical assertion regarding home atmosphere and child health.
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C21760 · A home atmosphere created by love, cheerfulness, and a kindly, forbearing spirit promotes health and vigor of mind and body in children. Draft assessment available Open claim research →