One Good Mother

ONE GOOD MOTHER IS WORTH A

 HUNDRED SCHOOL MASTERS

          What a man becomes in future will depend upon the training of his childhood. The training in childhood is of two kinds one received at school and in company of friends, and the other received at home. At home the greatest influence on the child is exercised by the mother. The mother’s influence on the child begins before any other influence because it begins when the child is still an infant sucking at its mother’s breast.

          A Mother thus exercises great influence on her child. A teacher has a number of pupils to look after at a time and individual problems of a child cannot be successfully treated in a class-room. It is possible only at home, and who could do it better than mother? Mother with her infinite love and sympathy, her understanding and her intuition is the best teacher for a child. She can understand her child better than any one else and, therefore, can exercise the most beneficial influence.

          The Mother has, thus, a great task to perform she has to build up the character of the child. It is therefore, necessary that she must be trained for her role. An educated, well-read and cultured mother will be able to help her children. Better than an ignorant one. The whole future of her child is in her hands-just like clay in the hands of a potter, she must be a ‘skilful’ potter, to make good ‘pots’. Most great men have observed that what ever they have been able to achieve was due to the humble training received at the feet of their mothers. It is indeed true that,

“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”.