╨╧рб▒с>■  !"■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ье┴Ё┐ (dddd0SxSx      lввв╢ ┬ яЄс ┌╬ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>childhood</title> </head> <body link="#ffffff" alink="#ffffff" bgcolor="#006600" text="#ffffff" vlink="#99ff99"> <b><font face="Papyrus"><big><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <big><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; childhood</big><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </big></font></b> <table align="center" border="4" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><b><img alt="mallard in flight" src="http://www.duckdaotsu.org/6/577986_photo.jpg" height="460" width="620"><br> </b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <b><font face="Papyrus"><big><br> <br> <br> </big></font></b> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><b><font color="#ffffff"><big><font face="Papyrus"><big>No. No. No.</big></font><br> <font face="Papyrus"><big>This ruins a child.</big></font></big></font><br> </b></blockquote> </blockquote> <b><br> <br> <br> <br> <font face="Papyrus"><big>Children are one of our most precious aspects of life, and yet they often are mistreated and abused. <big>If <small>you are a parent, your most important task is to raise your child with as little trauma as possible. Firmness, consistency, and patience are essential. There will undoubtedly be times when you have to correct a child to prevent mistakes and bad habits. However, when it comes to a child's curiosity, individuality, or initiative, there should never be any discouragement. In that sense, it is wrong to say no.</small></big></big></font><br> <br> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small>There is a legend about a thief who stole into heaven and took the peaches that gave immortality. He returned to earth and was about to eat them when he chanced upon two little boys. Taken with their intelligence, he asked them riddle after riddle about the deepest meanings of life and they answered with laughing ease. The thief decided to share his peaches with the boys, and they all became immortal.</small></big></big></font><br> <br> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small>If the boys had had their curiosity killed early in life, could the have answered well? If a thief could be kind to children, can't the rest of us be too? And if the children never had an opportunity, could they have become immortals?</small></big></big></font></b><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b><font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small>childhood</small></big></big></font><br> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small>365 Tao</small></big></big></font><br> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small>Deng Ming-Dao</small></big></big></font><br> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small>Daily meditations</small></big></big></font></b><br> <br> <div align="right"><b><font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small><a href="http://www.duckdaotsu.org/index.html">duckdaotsu.org</a></small></big></big></font><br> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small><a href="http://www.duckdaotsu.org/tao6.html">dao hub</a></small></big></big></font><br> </b></div> </blockquote> <div align="right"><b><font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small><br> </small></big></big></font></b></div> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small><small><small><b><br> </b></small></small></small></big></big></font> <blockquote><font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small><small><small><b>to receive a daily meditation directly in you inbox with full HTML, send a note with the words "subscribe Tao" in the subject line to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:lisbethduck@earthlink.net">mailto:lisbethduck@earthlink.net</a> AND <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:editor@duckdaotsu.org">mailto:editor@duckdaotsu.org</a>.&nbsp; thanks!<br> <br> <big>dedicated to Libby and Jessica, with wondrous thoughts for Sharon and Stephen and Grannett (and the new baby soon!)</big><br> </b></small></small></small></big></big></font></blockquote> <font face="Papyrus"><big><big><small><small><small><font color="#006600"><big><big><big>...........................................................................................................................................</big></big></big></font><br> </small></small></small></big></big></font> </body> </html>  (∙ OJQJCJ (щ ╞& 0`Р└Ё PА░р@ ( i4@ё 4NormalCJOJPJQJmH <A@Є б<Default Paragraph Font         ( ( (GРTimes New Roman5РSymbol3РArial;РHelvetica 0ИЁ╨h┌Kl&┌Kl& Ёе└┤┤А0"Ё ■   ■   ■   ■   ■   ■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Root Entry         └F#А1Table            WordDocument        0